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Montmartre cemetery

Cimitière de Montmartre, Cimitière du Nord

France, Paris

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Montmartre cemetery

Cimitière de Montmartre, Cimitière du Nord

France, Paris

Montmartre Cemetery is a cemetery in the north of Paris, in the 18th arrondissement.
In the middle of the 18th century, overcrowding in the cemeteries of Paris created numerous problems, including sanitary ones. Therefore, at the beginning of the 19th century, new cemeteries were built outside the metropolitan areas:
Montmartre in the north
Pere Lachaise cemetery in the east,
Passy Cemetery West,
the Montparnasse cemetery in the south.
The cemetery of Montmartre was opened on January 1, 1825 on the site of an abandoned quarry, where gypsum was previously mined. This quarry was used as a mass grave during the French Revolution. Therefore, the cemetery was originally known as the Cemetery of the Great Quarries (fr. Cimetière des Grandes Carrières). It was later renamed the Cemetery of the White Barrier (Fr. Cimetière de la Barrière Blanche). Well, then it got its current name.
It is a historical monument. Popular tourist spot.
It is the final resting place of many famous artists who lived and worked in the Montmartre area.
Today, the Montmartre cemetery is already within the city, with 20,000 graves. About 500 burials are held annually.
The area of the cemetery is almost 11 hectares. There are more than 700 trees from 38 species on the territory of the cemetery. There is only one entrance to the cemetery - on the Avenue Rachel under the Rue Caulaincourt.
Here are the graves of many famous people:
Berlioz
Emile Zola
Vaslav Nijinsky
Stendhal
André-Marie Ampère
Alexandre Dumas (son)
Marie Duplessis mistress of Alexandre Dumas son ("the lady of the camellias")
Delilah
Natalia Pasternak (1965–2016), head of the Ukrainian community in France

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Mademoisele

Traveled 2 years ago

Rating 7

Non-tourist place in Montmartre

The Montmartre cemetery appeared after the decision of the authorities to liquidate all city cemeteries in 1825. Then it was far beyond the city limits. It was a quarry where gypsum was previously mined. That is why it is below ground level. Now it is one of the largest in Paris and covers an area of about 11 hectares. There are more than 20.000 graves here. This number is constantly increasing, as it is still valid. And although the cemetery is located in one of the most popular tourist and atmospheric districts of Paris, it usually does not fall into the tourist itineraries.→

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