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Cimetiere du Pere-Lachaise Review
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Cimetière du Père-Lachaise
Cemeteries, Père Lachaise
Fodor's Review:
Press a lipsticked kiss to Oscar Wilde's tombstone or bring a red rose for "the little sparrow" Edith Piaf -- the cobblestone avenues and immense trees make the 118-acre cemetery a worthwhile trip. Named for Père François de la Chaise, Louis XIV's confessor, it has some political history attached to it -- it was the site of the Paris Commune's final battle on May 28, 1871, when the rebel troops were lined up against the Mur des Fédérés (Federalists' Wall) in the southeast corner and shot. The two biggest draws are Jim Morrison's grave (with his own guard to keep Doors fans under control) and the life-size bronze figure of Victor Noir, whose alleged fertility-enhancing power accounts for the patches rubbed smooth by hopeful hands.
INFO
- Address: Entrance on rue des Rondeaux, bd. De Menilmontant, and rue de la Reunion, Pere Lachaise, Paris
- Web site
- Cost: EUR Free
- Open: Easter-Sept., daily 8-6; Oct.-Easter, daily 8-dusk
- Metro: Gambetta, Philippe-August, Pere-Lachaise
- Paris Hotel Choice - WOW
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