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Île-de-France (English: /ˌiːl də ˈfrɑːns/, French: [il də fʁɑ̃s] ( listen), "Island of France"), also known as the région parisienne ("Parisian Region"), is one of the 18 regions of France and includes the city of Paris. It covers 12,012 square kilometres (4,638 square miles) and has its own regional council and president. It has a population of 12,005,077 as of January 2014, equivalent to 18.2% of the population of France.
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1. Pere-Lachaise Cemetery
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4.5 based on 6,629 reviews
This famous cemetery is the burial site of numerous French luminaries - authors, writers, musicians and more.
Reviewed By EileenMtShasta - Mount Shasta, United States
My visit was exponentially valuable thanks to Rick Steves audio guide (download available free online, do a search), which was an hour guided walk describing the history and directing us to the best known graves, like Oscar Wilde, Gertrude Stein, Edith Piaf, Chopin, Colette and of course Jim Morrison; as well as memorials to deaths in war, Nazi victims and plane crashes. Definitely I recommend doing this guided walk!
2. Cimetiere de Montmartre
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4.5 based on 648 reviews
This cemetery is the final resting place of Émile Zola, Edgar Degas, Alexandre Dumas as well as other artistic luminaries.
Reviewed By Companion58884013996
As part of our tour in Montparnasse we also decided to visit the cemetery. Really worth going there. At the entrance you either use the maps or download them to your cellphone. In the map there is a list of all the famous people who are buried there and the exact place of burial. Very easy and friendly to use. The cemetery itself is very beautiful . I felt very excited standing aside some of the great names which are part of the French history and had great influence all over the world.
3. Pictus Cemetery (Cimetiere de Picpus)
4. Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial
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4.5 based on 95 reviews
Reviewed By karenrN5129UI - Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Lucky to have served alongside the US military, important therefore that I paid my respects here. Beautifully maintained, the main chapel building is stunning. There is a guestbook with sanitizer so you can leave a comment in the book too. There is also a leaflet with details about the cemetery too-it is also available online. Make sure you view it from the viewpoint above the cemetery if you can-you can do this if you are also planning to visit The Memorial of the Fighting French. So glad I went. Never forgotten.
5. Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois Russian Cemetery
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4.5 based on 128 reviews
Reviewed By Gordon_and_Sally_11 - Broken Hill, Australia
A stunningly beautiful grave for an extraordinary dancer. The grave site is an extraordinarily realistic representation of a kilim rug, and was designed and built by set designer, Ezio Frigerio who designed several of Nureyev's choreography sets. The cemetery itself is quite beautiful and serene. It was our first visit to a Russian cemetery and for that reason alone was very interesting and well worth the hike across Paris.
6. Cimetiere de Montfort-l'Amaury
7. Tombe de Vincent van Gogh
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4.5 based on 21 reviews
Reviewed By Albywon - Sydney, Australia
The last days of Vincent Van Gogh - two months and 9 days - were spent in this town. Some of his most beautiful paintings were completed here before he painfully ended his own life. The tombstone is simple (translated) - 'Here Rests Vincent Van Gogh 1853 - 1890' Lying next to him his brother, Theodore. Simple but powerful.
8. The Paris Catacombs
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4.0 based on 7,965 reviews
A genuine labyrinth in the heart of underground Paris, the Catacombs were fitted out in the galleries of former quarries. Twenty metres underground, the ossuary houses the remains of approximately six million Parisians, gradually transferred between the end of the 18th century and the mid 19th century, as the capital's cemeteries were closed for health reasons. Along a tangle of dark galleries, visitors discover a presentation of death with bones arranged in a romantic macabre decor. This unique site is a moving testimony to the history of Parisians and invites visitors on a timeless journey.
Reviewed By camillecR7410NM
Few queue because you have to book your visit online on this covid period. Very interesting and enriching because it is the history of Paris underground. Millions of skeleton fragments that are Parisians of the last centuries. Touching, a little morbid but not stressful. Visit to combine with a delicacy (handmade) with a real English Tea room really near : High Societhé (100 av denfert rochereau). So happy to sit and enjoy life again after such an amazing visit !
9. Cemetery of Neuilly
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4.0 based on 1 reviews
10. Montparnasse Cemetery (Cimetiere Montparnasse)
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4.0 based on 595 reviews
The tombs of Charles Baudelaire, Jean Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir are located here.
Reviewed By debsywalker - Slough, United Kingdom
I do have a thing for graveyards, tombs and cemeteries. It's a slice of history taking time to read and also looking at the elaborate resting places. From the ordinary to the famous to the hero this cemetery has them all and for me, well worth the visit.
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