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Cimetière du Père Lachaise

Face au 21 boulevard de Ménilmontant - 75020 Paris Père-Lachaise - Ménilmontant

A cargo bike with 3 wheels with tourist infomrmation is present throughout the summer of 2022 at the main entrance of the Père Lachaise cemetery (at the hemicycle level). Visitors can pick up maps in French and English and scan a QR code that provides them with a list of official guides offering guided tours of the cemetery.

The Père Lachaise cemetery takes its name from King Louis XIV's confessor, Father François d'Aix de La Chaise. It is the most prestigious and most visited necropolis in Paris. Situated in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, it extends 44 hectares and contains 70,000 burial plots. The cemetery is a mix between an English park and a shrine. All funerary art styles are represented: Gothic graves, Haussmanian burial chambers, ancient mausoleums, etc. On the green paths, visitors cross the burial places of famous men and women; Honoré de Balzac, Guillaume Apollinaire, Frédéric Chopin, Colette, Jean-François Champollion, Jean de La Fontaine, Molière, Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Jim Morrison, Alfred de Musset, Edith Piaf, Camille Pissarro and Oscar Wilde are just a few.

Guided tours on Saturdays and Sundays. Details at http://www.paris.fr/cimetieres

Free admission for all visitors. A detailed map can be downloaded here: http://www.paris.fr/cimetieres

November to mid-March from 8am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday, from 8.30am to 5.30pm on Saturday and from 9am to 5.30pm on Sundays and public holidays. Mid-March to October: 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 6pm on Saturday and 9am to 6pm on Sundays and public holidays.