Cemeteries in Paris, New York

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Père-Lachaise is both Paris's most visited cemetery and its most sought-after burial ground. It is the final resting place of many famous people.

The best known cemeteries in Paris are Père Lachaise and the Montmartre and Montparnasse cemeteries, but there are 14 cemeteries altogether in the French capital.

This meant overcrowding and disease, and by 1786 the city centre cemeteries were condemned, all bodies were moved underground to the catacombs and cemeteries were banned in central Paris.

Montparnasse Cemetery The Montparnasse Cemetery, in the 14th Arrondissement, is one of the most beautiful cemeteries in Paris. Known by locals as the cemetery of the south, in opposition to Père Lachaise, which is in the north, it is less frequented than Père Lachaise but just as peaceful and tranquil.

The city needed a better place to put its dead. So it went to the tunnels, moving bones from the cemeteries five stories underground into Paris' former quarries. Cemeteries began to be emptied in 1786, beginning with Les Innocents.

During the French Revolution, the Paris Catacombs served as the primary final resting place of most Parisians, many of whom died by guillotine, including Maximilien Robespierre, one of the revolutionary movement's most controversial figures.

Montparnasse Cemetery The Montparnasse Cemetery, in the 14th Arrondissement, is one of the most beautiful cemeteries in Paris. Known by locals as the cemetery of the south, in opposition to Père Lachaise, which is in the north, it is less frequented than Père Lachaise but just as peaceful and tranquil.

The Cimetière du Calvaire opened in 1688 alongside the Montmartre Abbey making it the oldest cemetery in Paris. You'll find it tucked in beside one of the most ancient churches in Paris, Saint Pierre de Montmartre which dates from the beginning of the 12th century.

Situated among the rolling hills of the 20th arrondissement in east Paris, Pére Lachaise is the hauntingly beautiful final resting place of many famous figures in art, music, literature and history.

Over 30 years, the remains of six million bodies were transferred to underground limestone quarries. The resulting ossuary, known as the Catacombs of Paris, is the world's largest grave - creating a morbid tourist attraction of centuries of dead Parisians.