April, 29, 2014
A cemetery is many things. It can be a place of grief or of peacefulness. A gentle and crowded reminder that none of us are going to get out of this world alive. The Pere Lachaise Cemetary was an interesting place to wander aimlessly on a beautiful Paris day during my recent visit. There are numerous notables buried among the 70,000 graves, such as Jim Morrison of The Doors, Frederic Chopin, Oscar Wilde, and Sarah Bernhardt . The cemetery, established in 1804 by Napoleon, was named after the Jesuit priest, Pere Francois de la Chaise, who was the confessor for King Louis XIV. Come meander with me a bit………
Jim Morrison’s Final Resting Place
Frederic Chopin’s Final Resting Place – his fans still bring him flowers…..
Necropolitaine – city of the dead / cemetery
Le Memoire – the memory
Jeannie's Travel Addiction 