Père Lachaise Cemetery

metropolitan France · France

Père Lachaise Cemetery, France
Photo: Connie Ma from Chicago, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
April–October
Budget
$
Accessibility
limited
Coordinates
Open in maps

The largest cemetery within the city, its shaded cobbled avenues wind past the graves of Chopin, Oscar Wilde, Édith Piaf and Jim Morrison. Ornate tombs and mature trees give it the atmosphere of a peaceful, melancholy sculpture park.

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