The largest cemetery in the city of Paris, France and one of the most famous in the world. Pere-Lachaise is located on Boulevard de Menilmontant, The cemetery takes its name from Père François de la Chaise (1624-1709), the confessor of Louis XIV, who lived in the Jesuit house rebuilt in 1682 on the site of the chapel. The cemetery was established by Napoleon in 1804. Cemeteries had been banned inside Paris in 1786, after the closure of the Cimetière des Innocents on the fringe of Les Halles food market, on the grounds that it presented a health hazard.American singer, songwriter, author, and poet. Permanent crowds and occasional vandalism surrounding this tomb have caused tensions with the families of other, less famous, deceased. The cemetery has been forced to hire a full-time security guard for the grave. Many other parts of the cemetery have been defaced with arrows purporting to indicate the direction toward "Jim", though even these defacements have in many cases been defaced themselves, resulting in arrows that point in two directions.
Famous Burials at Pere-Lachaise
Oscar Wilde, Jim Morrison, Alice B. Toklas, Countess Consuelo de Saint-Exupery, Charles Messier, Yves Montand and Clarence John Laughlin — American Surrealist photographer from New Orleans, Louisiana. His most famous published work was "Ghosts Along the Mississippi" and Sarah Bernhardt — famous French stage and film actress.
HAUNTED? Over a two hundred years of ghost haunted tales photos and daily encounters by sightseers can it not be called the most haunted Cemetery in the world?
Famous Burials at Pere-Lachaise
Oscar Wilde, Jim Morrison, Alice B. Toklas, Countess Consuelo de Saint-Exupery, Charles Messier, Yves Montand and Clarence John Laughlin — American Surrealist photographer from New Orleans, Louisiana. His most famous published work was "Ghosts Along the Mississippi" and Sarah Bernhardt — famous French stage and film actress.
HAUNTED? Over a two hundred years of ghost haunted tales photos and daily encounters by sightseers can it not be called the most haunted Cemetery in the world?