5828 x 3900 px | 49,3 x 33 cm | 19,4 x 13 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
2008
Ort:
Paris, capital of France
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Cimetière du Père-Lachaise (Father Lachaise Cemetery), Paris, Capital of France. Situated on the eastern edge of the city, this is the most famous cemetery in Paris, and perhaps in all of Europe. The cemetery is named after the Jesuit Father Lachaise, King Louis XIV's confessor, who led the reconstruction of the Jesuit Rest House completed here in 1682. The Père-Lachaise land, covering more than 109 acres, was acquired by the city of Paris in 1804 for use as a cemetery. The rising ground, cobbled avenues and rows of trees give the place a romantic atmosphere in spite of the more 70, 000 19th-century funeral monuments that dominate the landscape. Some are ostentatious, some are unsightly and dilapidated, some are lovely. Many famous people are buried here at "the grandest address in Paris, " including Musset, Chopin, Molière, Oscar Wilde, Delacroix, Balzac, and, most famously, Jim Morrison. Colette was taken here in 1954. Her black granite slab always sports flowers; legend has it that cats replenish the roses.
