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Travel / Tours / Paris / Pere Lachaise
Visit the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris
     
Sections:
Introduction
  Monument aux Morts
  Frédéric Chopin
  Jim Morrison
  Molière
  Amedeo Modigliani
  Edith Piaf
  Oscar Wilde
  Yves Montand
  Columbarium
  Marcel Proust
  Honoré de Balzac
  Eugène Delacroix
  Georges Bizet
  Georges Seurat
  Further information
  Links



INTRODUCTION

The cemetery at Père Lachaise is the largest in Paris and contains the graves of many famous people.


Main entrance

The cemetery is split into numbered divisions

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MONUMENT AUX MORTS

Monument aux morts (near division 4)



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FREDERIC CHOPIN

Frédéric Chopin (division 11)


The Very Best of Chopin
Composer: Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin
Label: Naxos
Date: October 2005
Chopin: His Life and Music (with 2 audio CDs)
Author: Jeremy Nicholas
Publisher: Naxos Books
Date: April 2006

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JIM MORRISON

Jim Morrison (division 6)


Very Best Of The Doors (2CDs & DVD)
Artist: The Doors
Label: Rhino
Date: March 2007
Jim Morrison: Life, Death, Legend
Author: Stephen Davis
Publisher: Ebury Press
Date: October 2003

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MOLIERE

French writer, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, better known as Molière (division 25)


"Misanthrope", "Tartuffe" and Other Plays
Author: Molière; Translator: Maya Slater
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Date: July 2001
The Cambridge Companion to Molière
Editors: David Bradby, Andrew Calder
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date: September 2006

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LA FONTAINE

Jean de La Fontaine (division 25)


Selected Fables
Author: Jean de La Fontaine
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date: March 2006
 

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AMEDEO MODIGLIANI

Amedeo Modigliani (division 96)


Modigliani
Author: Doris Krystof
Publisher: Taschen
Date: May 2000
Modigliani and His Models
Publisher: Royal Academy of Arts
Date: October 2006

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EDITH PIAF

Edith Piaf (division 97)


The Voice of Montmartre (3 music CDs)
Artist: Edith Piaf
Label: Cherished Classics
Date: September 2006
[ A film called "La Vie en Rose" or "La Môme" (a biography of Edith Piaf's life) is to be released in the UK on 22 June 2007:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450188 ]

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OSCAR WILDE

Oscar Wilde (division 89)


The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde
Author: Oscar Wilde
Publisher: Collins
Date: August 2003
The Oscar Wilde Collection (3 DVDs)
Author: Oscar Wilde
Studio: Cinema Club
Date: May 2005

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YVES MONTAND

Yves Montand (division 44)


Jean De Florette / Manon Des Sources [1986] (DVD)
Starring: Yves Montand (and others)
Studio: Pathe Distribution Ltd
Date: November 2005
Le Paris De Montand (music CD)
Artist: Yves Montand
Label: Sony France
Date: January 2000

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COLUMBARIUM

The Columbarium (division 87)


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MARCEL PROUST

Marcel Proust (division 85)


In Search of Lost Time:
(1) The Way by Swann's (2) In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower (3) The Guermantes Way (4) Sodom and Gomorrah (5) The Prisoner and the Fugitive (6) Finding Time Again
Publisher: Penguin Books; Date: October 2003
The Cambridge Companion to Proust
Editor: Richard Bales
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date: June 2001

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HONORE DE BALZAC

Honoré de Balzac (division 48)


Cousin Bette
Author: Honoré de Balzac
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Date: September 1998
Old Goriot
Author: Honoré de Balzac
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date: January 2006

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EUGENE DELACROIX

Eugène Delacroix (division 49)


Delacroix
Author: Gilles Neret
Publisher: Taschen
Date: May 1999
 

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GEORGES BIZET

Georges Bizet (division 68)


Carmen
Composer: Georges Bizet
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Date: March 2005
The Pearl Fishers
Composer: Georges Bizet
Label: Cfp
Date: July 2006

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GEORGES SEURAT

Georges Seurat (division 66)


Seurat
Author: Hajo Dutching
Publisher: Taschen
Date: September 2000
Seurat: Drawings and Paintings
Author: Robert L. Herbert
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date: April 2001

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FURTHER INFORMATION

Book a trip to Paris:
Anderson Tours: Travel/Tours/Company/AndersonTours
International Friends: Travel/Tours/Company/InternationalFriends

Useful websites:
Père Lachaise:
Location of Père Lachaise's main entrance gate: map

Independent travel to Paris:
To book a Eurostar train ticket from London to Paris: Shop/Company/Eurostar
To book a Eurolines coach ticket from London to Paris: Shop/Company/NationalExpress
To book a flight to Paris: Travel/Transport/Air

Hostels/hotels in Paris:
Click here for: Accommodation in Paris

Weather forecast for Paris:
See: http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?world=0040

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LINKS


Montparnasse Cemetery: Travel/Tours/Paris/Montparnasse
Montmartre: Travel/Tours/Paris/Montmartre
Paris museums: Travel/Tours/Paris/Museums

Visit Paris: Travel/Tours/Paris
Visit other parts of France: Travel/Tours/France

Home page: Home

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