Paris Sights

Cimetière du Montparnasse

#36 of 1481 things to do in Paris

#54 of 4600 things to do in France

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  • Address
    • bd Edgar Quinet & rue Froidevaux 14e
  • Transport
    • Edgar Quinet or Raspail
  • Phone
    • 01 44 10 86 50
  • Hours
    • 8am-5.30 or 6pm Mon-Fri, 8.30am-6pm Sat, 9am-6pm Sun

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Lonely Planet review for Cimetière du Montparnasse

Montparnasse Cemetery received its first ‘lodger’ in 1824. It contains the tombs of such illustrious personages as the poet Charles Baudelaire, writer Guy de Maupassant, playwright Samuel Beckett, sculptor Constantin Brancusi, painter Chaim Soutine, photographer Man Ray, industrialist André Citroën, Captain Alfred Dreyfus of the infamous Dreyfus Affair, actor Jean Seberg, philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, writer Simone de Beauvoir and the crooner Serge Gainsbourg.

 

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    Pick of the bunch

    suzywatusi recommends this,

    I've been to all three of Paris' famous cemeteries, and this is the one I love the most (although they're all wonderful).

    Cimetière du Montparnasse is so serene and landscaped, peaceful and downright pretty, that suddenly the afterlife doesn't seem like such a bad place to be! Loads of literary greats are buried here, as well as artists and singers, but even if you're not a celebrity grave-groupie, you'll still be impressed with the ornate tombstones (some of which officially qualify as OTT) and the oh-so-civilised air of the place. Seems Parisian chic extends even to its cemeteries....

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