Père Lachaise Cemetery
cemetery in Paris, France
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Summary
Père Lachaise Cemetery is a cemetery[1]. It ranks in the top 0.35% of cemetery entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,955 views/month, #4 of 1,138).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: 20th arrondissement of Paris[3]
- Country: France[4]
- Architect: Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart[5]
- Owned by: municipality of Paris[6]
- Operator: municipality of Paris[7]
- Named after: François de La Chaise[8]
- Location: Quartier du Père-Lachaise[9]
- Postal code: 75020[10]
- Part of: European Cemeteries Route[11], Association of Significant Cemeteries in Europe[12]
- Commons category: Père-Lachaise Cemetery[13]
- Has part(s): Frédéric Chopin's tomb[14], Communards' Wall[15], Crématorium-columbarium du Père-Lachaise[16], Héloïse and Abélard's tomb[17], Pierre Cartellier's tomb[18], Tomb of Dantan[19], François-Joseph Lefebvre's tomb[20], Georges Guët's tomb[21], Oscar Wilde's tomb[22], Théodore Barrière's tomb[23], Richard Wallace's tomb[24], David Sintzheim's tomb[25], Allan Kardec's tomb[26], Anthelme Brillat-Savarin's tomb[27]
- Inception: May 21, 1804[28]
- Located on street: rue du Repos[29], Boulevard de Ménilmontant[30], rue des Rondeaux[31], rue de la Réunion[32]
- Official website: https://www.paris.fr/dossiers/bienvenue-au-cimetiere-du-pere-lachaise-47[33]
- Topic's main category: Category:Père-Lachaise Cemetery[34]
- Commons gallery: Cimetière du Père-Lachaise[35]
- Email address: mailto:cimetiere.perelachaise@paris.fr[36]
- Visitors per year: 3,500,000[37]
- Time of earliest written record: 1804[38]
- Phone number: +33-1-55-25-82-10[39]
- Described by source: Meyer’s Universum, Zehnter Band[40]
- Heritage designation: monument historique inscrit[41], classified historical monument[42]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Père Lachaise Cemetery include Père Lachaise[43], a metro station[44], in France[45], founded in 1903[46].
Why It Matters
Père Lachaise Cemetery has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]
Entities named for it include Père Lachaise[43], a metro station[44], in France[45], founded in 1903[46].