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A cemetery as a tourist attraction? If any city can pull it off, it's Paris. Covering nearly 110 acres of the 20th arrondissement (district), the Père-Lachaise Cemetery is considered one of the ...
“Père Lachaise is more than a cemetery – it’s an archive of Paris,” says Anthony Schmitt, Parisian and head concierge at Shangri-La Paris. “It has preserved the city’s history through ...
The Secret Life of a Cemetery is a paean to the renowned Parisian cemetery, Père Lachaise. There, 10,000 visitors a day seek ...
Opened in 1804, Père Lachaise is the first garden cemetery. Permanent residents include ... Sometimes. Jean-Richard Bloch was born into the same Alsatian Jewish bourgeoisie as Dreyfus.