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Paris Travel Guide: Pere Lachaise Cemetery

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Boulevard Menilmontant at Avenue Gambetta, Paris, France
Phone: 01-5525-8210
Web: http://www.pere-lachaise.com or http://www.paris.fr/portail/english/Portal.lut?page_id=8222

Professional Review for Pere Lachaise Cemetery

Named after Louis XIV's confessor, Father Lachaise, this is the largest cemetery in Paris (108 acres/44 hectares) and a favorite spot for Parisians and tourists alike. Shops on the streets leading to the entrances sell maps of the cemetery, which will help you locate the graves of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (better known as Moliere), Honore de Balzac, Marcel Proust, Frederic Chopin, Oscar Wilde, Edith Piaf, Isadora Duncan and Jim Morrison. Safe during daylight hours, but don't go there at night. Early November to mid-March 8 am-5:30 pm, mid-March to early November 8 am-6 pm (opens at 8:30 am Saturday and 9 am Sunday). Free. Boulevard Menilmontant at Avenue Gambetta (20th; Metro Pere Lachaise), Paris. Phone 01-5525-8210. http://www.pere-lachaise.com or http://www.paris.fr/portail/english/Portal.lut?page_id=8222.

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