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Paris’s Most Illustrious Dead: Luc’s Cemetery Tour – Part 2

Montmartre, Montparnasse & Charonne Montmartre Miles smaller than Père Lachaise or Montparnasse, Montmartre Cemetery is the perfect “starter cemetery.” Located near Pigalle and Place de Clichy, it opened in 1825 on the site of a former gypsum quarry which was used as a mass grave during the French Revolution. Famous residents Notable residents include leading names fromContinue reading “Paris’s Most Illustrious Dead: Luc’s Cemetery Tour – Part 2”

Paris’s Most Illustrious Dead: Luc’s Cemetery Tour

Part 1: Père Lachaise Paris’ largest (43 hectares/106 acres) and most famous cemetery merits a separate outing as there’s just so much to see. I used to live nearby (quietest neighbours, EVER), and it was my local park: I used to come here all the time for a stroll, or just to sit and read.Continue reading “Paris’s Most Illustrious Dead: Luc’s Cemetery Tour“

Luc’s Guide to Paris & the Romantics

When I say Paris is the Romantic capital of the world, I’m not talking about picture-postcard clichés from American films or those cheesy black-and-white shots of couples kissing by the Eiffel tower you see in souvenir shops and the bouquinistes’ stalls along the Seine: we’re talking Romanticism with a capital R, the artistic, literary, musical, andContinue reading “Luc’s Guide to Paris & the Romantics”