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\"Tomb<\/a>A rainy walk on a chilly, grey day through P\u00e8re Lachaise was in contrast to some of the bright colors in the cemetery. I had time for a quick walk through the western portion before the city employee in the small white truck chased me out of the park early for closing time. C’est la vie!<\/p>\n

In additional to photos, the words “concession \u00e0 perp\u00e9tuit\u00e9<\/em>” printed on the back of tombstones made me curious about burial in Paris. I found a treasure trove of information on the internet: History of P\u00e8re Lachaise, twenty-one cemetery maps, funeral, burial and cemetery information and more ….<\/p>\n

History<\/strong>
\nAlso known as Cimeti\u00e8re de l’Est opened 1804. The property, Montlouis, belonged to the Jesuits, one of whom, Fran\u00e7ois de La Chaise, was the confessor of Louis XIV. For public health reasons, cemeteries were banned from the center of Paris in 2 vent\u00f4se an IX (February 21, 1801).
\nTelepathically speaking, on February 19, a rainy afternoon, 217 years later, I was once again on a brief visit to P\u00e8re-Lachaise.
\nOn the next visit, I will visit the west side with its Mur des F\u00e9d\u00e9r\u00e9s<\/em>, which commemorates those who died in the bloody battle of May 1871 during the last hours of the Semaine Sanglante (Bloody Week) of the Commune de Paris.\"Map<\/a><\/p>\n

If you are looking for Bellini or Rossini, they were transferred to Italy. The ashes of Maria Callas were spread in the Aegean Sea and the remains of Monge are now in the Panth\u00e9on. In October 2017, Mayor Anne Hidalgo inaugurated the monument to the 11,450 Jewish children deported and killed between 1942 and 1944 at the P\u00e8re Lachaise cemetery.<\/p>\n

Cemetery Maps<\/strong>
\nMaps within the walls of Paris<\/a> <\/strong>(14 cemeteries) – some of the specialties are: Route of famous women (Montparnasse)<\/a> map in English; mapa en espa\u00f1ol; special needs (accessibility) map for Montmartre<\/p>\n

Maps outside the walls of Paris<\/strong><\/a> (6 cemeteries)<\/p>\n

List and location of the twenty cemeteries<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pet cemetery<\/strong> – Asni\u00e8res-sur-Seine – Map<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Looking for someone buried in Paris?<\/strong> Read the section “Vous recherchez un d\u00e8funt?<\/a>” Contact Service central des Cimeti\u00e8res, 71 rue des Rondeaux, 75020 Paris. The papers to help find the person would include, civil status, date of death, cemetery name, etc.) This would be a manual research and currently in the 20 cemeteries, there are 630,000 plots and 7 million buried.<\/p>\n

Funeral and cemetery information\"\"<\/a><\/strong>
\nSome sepulchers have an imprint on the back of the tombstone “concession \u00e0 perp\u00e9tuit\u00e9<\/em>“, which means the tomb and its contents remain forever. While looking deeper into this, I found that there are conditions for a tomb. The terrain is free for a maximum of five years without chance of renewal. One can have a cemetery plot (concession<\/em>) for different time limits: Temporaire (maximum 15 years); trentenaire (30 years); cinquantenaire (50 years); perp\u00e9tuelle (unlimited). Types of cemetery plots are individual, collective or family. All the links for details are found on the Associaition Fran\u00e7aise d’Information Fun\u00e9raire<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On the Association website, you can find instructions and funeral dictionary<\/a> in English and German. Topics in English include:<\/p>\n