Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris : Many famous painters, writers, actors, ... are buried there. Here is our guide and a collection of photos of the place.

Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris

City guide

To find where is located a tomb - Please refer to Pere Lachaise official website

Pere Lachaise cemetery

The Pere Lachaise cemetery (Cimetière du Père Lachaise) is may be the only great place to see in the 20th arrondissement. It is the world's most-visited cemetery with hundreds of thousands of visitors annually.

Pere Lachaise cemetery address - opening hours - photos & official website

Address : 16, rue du Repos 75020 - Métro : Gambetta or Père Lachaise - Pere Lachaise official website
Opening Hours : Winter - Mon to to Fri: 8am to 5.30pm - Sat & Sun : 9am to 5.30pm Summer - Mon to Fri: 8am to 6pm - Sat & Sun : 9am to 6pm More information : +33 (0)1 55 25 82 10

Picture of the Pere Lachaise

Edith Piaf Tomb

Photo Pere Lachaise cemetery Paris © Extranoise

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Burials - Tombs to visit in the cemetery :
Jim Morrison - Edith Piaf - Frederic Chopin - Oscar Wilde - Honoré de Balzac - Victor Noir ...

The Pere Lachaise hosts many famous tombs including the following ones : Édith Piaf, Gérard de Nerval, Alfred de Musset, Théodore Gericault, Eugène Delacroix, Frédéric Chopin, Georges Bizet, Jean Moulin, Marcel Proust, Honore de Balzac, La Fontaine... And also : Richard Wright, Oscar Wilde ... The most visited ones are Jim Morrison's who died in Paris the 3rd of July 1971 and Victor Noir's (A fertility symbol ...). For information about the exact location of each (where is located a specific tomb) refer to official website.

History of the place

The name of the cemetery comes from Father François de la Chaise (1624-1709), official confessor to Louis XIV - The Sun King. But the cemetery was established by Napoleon in 1804. First most of parisians were reluctant to have their family graves here as the place was located too far from the city center. But the transfer of the remains of La Fontaine and Molière changed the minds... Today beeing buried here is considered to be a great privilege as the cemetery runs out of space (300.000 people are buried there).

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Visit Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris - burials - tombs