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  Cimetière du Père-Lachaise

 
 Of the twenty cemeteries in Paris, Père-Lachaise is the most famous. Opened in 1804, it now has around 70,000 plots and receives some two million visitors a year from all over the world.
Over its 44 hectares and with its 5,300 trees, Père-Lachaise is also the biggest park in Paris.
Beyond its primary function, this famous Romantic-inspired necropolis, designed by Brongniart, with the passage of time has become an open-air museum and a pantheon garden.
Hundreds of famous artists, scientists and politicians are buried here and visitors can admire the many tombs built by well-known architects, adorned with statues and medallions sculpted by Bartholdi, Rude, Falguière and David d'Angers.


clicking on this plan will take you to a page where there is a fully clickable version, each section takes you to a larger scale map , with details of where various people are buried .
plan from http://gargl.net/lachaise/


Address 16, rue du Repos 75020 Tél. : +331.43.70.70.33
Access Métro
PERE-LACHAISE, GAMBETTA

Opening Hours
6 November - 15 March: Monday - Friday 8 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Saturday 8.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m., Sundays and public holidays 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. 16 March - 5 November: Monday to Friday 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. Saturday 8.30 a.m. to 6.00 p.m., Sundays and public holidays 9 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. Last admission fifteen minutes before closing time.