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Père Lachaise Cemetery (French: Cimetière du Père-Lachaise, [simtjɛʁ dy pɛʁ laʃɛːz], formerly Cimetière de l'Est, lit. ' Cemetery of the East ') is the largest cemetery in Paris, France, at 44 hectares or 110 acres. [1] With more than 3.5 million visitors annually, it is the most visited necropolis in the world.
Viktor Yushchenko at the grave of Symon Petliura Grave of François Pouqueville. Pan Yuliang (1895–1977), Chinese painter; Jean-Claude Pascal (1927–1992), singer and actor; Adolphe Pégoud (1889–1915), aviator; Auguste Perret (1874–1954), architect; Bénédicte Pesle (1927–2018), arts patron; Symon Petliura (1879–1926), Ukrainian leader
Montparnasse Cemetery (French: Cimetière du Montparnasse) 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. [1] The cemetery has over 35,000 graves, and approximately 1,000 people are buried there each year. [2] [3]
Oscar Wilde. Paris It took 10 months to build Oscar Wilde's tomb, a sphinx-like sculpture by Jacob Epstein that stands out even in the distinguished setting of the Père Lachaise Cemetery.
The Cemetery of Montmartre (French: Cimetière de Montmartre) is a cemetery in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, that dates to the early 19th century. Officially known as the Cimetière du Nord , it is the third largest necropolis in Paris, after the Père Lachaise Cemetery and the Montparnasse Cemetery .
Montrouge Cemetery (French: Cimetière de Montrouge) is a cemetery in the south of the 14th arrondissement of Paris, located between the Boulevards of the Marshals and Boulevard Périphérique It was created in 1819 in the commune of Montrouge , but was transferred to the City of Paris in 1925 following a border change.
Jacob Roblès – Famous grave for the medallion Silence (1842) by Antoine-Augustin Préault; Waldeck Rochet – French politician, and General Secretary of the Communist Party of France 1964-1972; Georges Rodenbach – Belgian poet; Jean Rollin – French director and novelist; Jules Romains – French writer
The names of those buried in the two common pits, 1,306 men and women, are inscribed on the walls of the chapel in the cemetery complex. Of the 1,109 men, there were 108 nobles, 108 churchmen, 136 monastics ( gens de robe ), 178 military, and 579 commoners; 197 women are buried there, with 51 from the nobility, 23 nuns and 123 commoners.