Paris: Cemetery

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Cimetière du Père-Lachaise

Well-known graves in leafy burial site Nestled amidst the bustling streets of Paris, the Cimetière du Père-Lachaise stands as an illustrious sanctuary of peace and history. This sprawling cemetery, the largest in Paris, spans approximately 44 hectares and serves as the final resting place for a myriad of...

Catacombs of Paris

Tunnel complex for millions of skeletons Beneath the bustling streets of Paris lies a silent and solemn world, known as the Catacombs of Paris. This subterranean labyrinth, stretching over 300 kilometers, is the final resting place of millions of Parisians. The catacombs were created in the late 18th century...

Cimetière de Montmartre

Nestled in the heart of the 18th arrondissement, the Cimetière de Montmartre in Paris, France, is not only a resting place for the departed but also a tranquil oasis steeped in history and artistry. Established in the early 19th century, this cemetery is the final...

Holy Innocents' Cemetery

The Holy Innocents' Cemetery, once the oldest and most prominent burial ground in Paris, now exists only in historical records and the echoes of its past. Established around the 12th century, it was named after the Holy Innocents' Church, which no longer stands.

Montparnasse Cemetery

Sprawling cemetery with famous graves Montparnasse Cemetery is a cemetery in the Montparnasse quarter of Paris, in the city's 14th arrondissement. The cemetery is roughly 47 acres and is the second largest cemetery in Paris.

Passy Cemetery

Passy Cemetery is a small cemetery in Passy, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France.

Saint-Vincent Cemetery

Saint-Vincent Cemetery is a cemetery in the 18th arrondissement of Paris.

Picpus Cemetery

Picpus Cemetery is the largest private cemetery in Paris, France, located in the 12th arrondissement. It was created from land seized from the convent of the Chanoinesses de St-Augustin, during the French Revolution.

Grenelle cemetery

The Cimetière de Grenelle is a 64 are cemetery on rue Saint-Charles in Grenelle, in the 15th arrondissement of Paris. It was set up in 1835 and annexed to the city of Paris in 1860.

Cimetière des Chiens

The Cimetière des Chiens et Autres Animaux Domestiques is often claimed to be the first zoological necropolis in the modern world. The ancient Ashkelon dog cemetery predates it by thousands of years. It opened in 1899 at 4 pont de Clichy on Île des Ravageurs in Asnières-sur-Seine, Île-de-France.

Ivry Cemetery

Ivry Cemetery is one of the extramural cemeteries of Paris, located in the neighbouring town of Ivry-sur-Seine in Val-de-Marne, less than 500 metres outside Paris's intramural area.

Cimetière parisien de Thiais

The cimetière parisien de Thiais is one of three Parisian cemeteries extra muros, and is located in the commune of Thiais, in the Val-de-Marne department, in the Île-de-France region.

Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial

The Suresnes American Cemetery is a United States military cemetery in the Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France. It is the resting place of 1,541 American soldiers killed in World War I.

Cimetière parisien de Pantin

The Cimetière parisien de Pantin is one of the three Parisien cemeteries extra muros, located in the commune of Pantin which is in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, in the Île-de-France region.

Communards' Wall

The Communards’ Wall at the Père Lachaise cemetery is where, on May 28, 1871, during "Bloody Week", the final fighting of the Paris Commune, one-hundred and forty-seven fédérés or Commune soldiers, captured by the French army, were executed and buried in a common grave at the foot of the wall, along with another nineteen officers.

Montrouge Cemetery

Montrouge Cemetery is a cemetery in the south of the 14th arrondissement of Paris, located between the Boulevards of the Marshals and Boulevard Périphérique.

Batignolles Cemetery

The Batignolles Cemetery is a cemetery in Paris.

Levallois-Perret Cemetery

The Levallois-Perret Cemetery is a cemetery in the commune of Levallois-Perret in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. Strictly speaking it is just outside Paris in the arrondissement of Nanterre, in the Hauts-de-Seine department, in the Île-de-France region.

Cimetière parisien de Bagneux

Cimetière parisien de Bagneux is one of the three Parisien cemeteries extra muros, located in Bagneux. The cemetery has a large Jewish section and is sometimes known as the Jewish cemetery.

Saint-Germain Cemetery

The Saint-Germain Cemetery or Saint-Pierre Cemetery was a rectangular cemetery in Paris, first attested in 1259 and used by Protestants from 1598 to 1604 onwards.

Martyrium of Saint Denis

The hill of Montmartre became a place of popular pilgrimage after a chapel was erected by the people of Paris, around 475, where Saint Denis, the first bishop of Paris, was martyred. In the ninth century, the chapel, which had become ruined, was rebuilt. Archaeological excavations indicate that many Christians were buried in Montmartre.

Saints-Pères Cemetery

Saints-Pères Cemetery is a historic cemetery in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, sited at what is now 30 rue des Saints-Pères.

Errancis Cemetery

Errancis Cemetery or Cimetière des Errancis is a former cemetery in the 8th arrondissement of Paris and was one of the four cemeteries used to dispose of the corpses of guillotine victims during the French Revolution.

Neuilly-sur-Seine Old Communal Cemetery

The Neuilly-sur-Seine Old Communal Cemetery in the Hauts-de-Seine département of France are in the western suburbs of Paris, between Paris and La Défense.

Madeleine Cemetery

Cimetière de la Madeleine is also the name of a cemetery in Amiens Madeleine Cemetery is a former cemetery in the 8th arrondissement of Paris and was one of the four cemeteries used to dispose of the corpses of guillotine victims during the French Revolution.

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