Tag: <span>Cemetery</span>

I don’t know what is about cemetery’s that fascinate me, I guess it’s a reminder of our mortality. The Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris (along with the Central Cemetery in Vienna is one of the most interesting cemeteries that I’ve explored. This was my second visit to PPère Lachaise.

Established in 1804, it is the largest cemetery in Paris and a notable resting place for many prominent figures.

Oscar Wilde (Irish playwright and poet)
Frédéric Chopin (Polish composer and pianist)
Édith Piaf (French singer)
Jim Morrison (lead singer of The Doors)
Marcel Proust (French novelist)
Honoré de Balzac (French writer)

 

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Chopin is high on my list, since I am such a huge fan of his. His heart is interned in Warsaw, and here lies the rest of him, so now I am happy to have paid my respects to the whole of him.

 

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Arman was an an artist that did unusual things with musical instruments, among other things.

 

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Édith Piaf, and tragically her daughter Marcelle

 

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An unusual grave, I would love to know the backstory

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The Bayeux War Cemetery is one of many solemn reminders of the sacrifices made during World War II. Rows of white headstones stretch across the well-kept grounds, each marking a life lost too soon, giving everything for freedom.

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The cemetery covers 172.5 acres and contains the graves of 9,387 people, most of who died during the D-Day landings, as well as various memorials to 1557 people missing in action. It’s a somber and reflective place, somewhere you need to pause and think.

This year will be 80 years since the D-Day landing.

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