Monday, January 15, 2007

Cimetière du Père-Lachaise - Paris III






Beyond its primary function, this famous Romantic-inspired necropolis, designed by Brongniart, has become an open-air museum and pantheon garden. After the opening of the, the number of the famous names got very long and reads like 200 years' of the Who's Who of France.

A wonderful site where you can virtually visit The Cimetière du Père-Lachaise: http://www.pere-lachaise.com/