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(Last Update: 08.01.2026 - IMPORTANT NOTE: Closed for restoration work as of November 3, 2025) The subject of this article is mind-boggling... We will enter the small door of a quiet building in the middle of Paris and enter a completely different world underground, a very special place in Paris where catacombs are located, the Catacombs. Catacombs means underground cemetery, and this place...

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Montmartre Cemetery – Cimetière de Montmartre

12 reviews

(Last Update: 11.01.2026) This time, our tour route is Montmartre Cemetery. "With all the places to visit in Paris, are we going to visit the cemetery?" You may think, but after reading this article first and then the articles on Père Lachaise Cemetery and Montparnasse Cemetery, you will understand better why we are here. If you are one of those who already know that visiting a cemetery in Paris is one of the best things to do, then

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Montparnasse Cemetery – Cimétière du Montparnasse

March 12, 2014 1 Review

(Last Update: 09.01.2026) "Why do you need to come to Paris and visit a cemetery?" You may ask, but Montparnasse Cemetery, one of the most special cemeteries in Paris and the final resting place of many famous names, is truly a place worth visiting and seeing. Albert Camus said, "If you want to know a country, look at how people die in that country." The graves of those who lived well and died well

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Pere Lachaise Cemetery – Cimetière du Père Lachaise

February 7 2014 17 reviews

(Last Update: 08.01.2026) "What is a cemetery doing among the places to visit in a city?" You may be thinking, but I'm sure you'll change your mind after reading this article, looking at the photos, and especially after seeing Père Lachaise Cemetery. This huge cemetery of approximately 1804 hectares, which was opened in 44, is more like a park, a garden, an open-air museum and an art gallery.