Montparnasse Cemetery (Cimetiere Montparnasse) Paris

3 bd. Edgar-Quinet, 14e Paris , Île-de-France, France - Phone: 01-44-10-86-50
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    29 reviews 9 travel blogs 9 photos

    Attraction Type:

    Cemetery, Historic site

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TravelPod Member ReviewsMontparnasse Cemetery (Cimetiere Montparnasse) Paris

  • First Cemetery Visit Ever!

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    killerjones 0 contribution Canada Jun 11, 2011

    I was a bit blown away at the sheer size of this area. It was very quiet and well maintained. So many famous people from the early ages here...mostly painters, inventors and political figures. It helped to research who some people were before going here...then you could make a connection.

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Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Visited this Attraction Montparnasse Cemetery (Cimetiere Montparnasse) Paris

  • 1

    A Somber Day

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    It was about 11 AM when we left for the day. It is the weekend & we have noticed things do not get going early, so sleep in a little. It will be dead out there unitl 11. We have planned to explore the 14th District - MontParnasse.

    We took the metro line out and got off at Montparnasse train station. This structure is huge! Eighteen …

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    ... world.  A few twists and turns through the streets of Paris on a lovely Easter Sunday morning led us first through the Montparnasse Cemetery.  What fun is a journey if you don't make a few unexpected stops along the way (see the ...

  • 2

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    ... because the train south was leaving from the Gare Montparnasse.  Had a little tourist time - visited the Montparnasse cemetery (briefly) and took in the usual Paris sights from the not-so-usual perspective of the Tour de Montparnasse. ...

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    ... paradise packed with cheese sellers, pattiseries, boulangeries, boucheries and other 'ies' that make your mouth water; a stroll down Montparnasse cemetery (no Jim isn't buried here), a stark reminder that it's all about the journey and definitely not ...

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  • 5

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    ... as funky and cool and everything-in-a-business-centre-that-you-could-ever-want as i remembered! Another day we visited the Montparnasse cemetery, where the graves of Jim Morrison, Oscar Wilde (his grave is covered in kisses!), Balzac and other famous ...

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    ... on the grass) and had tennis courts and a palace. Again I got bored pretty easily and so went to the nearby Montparnasse cemetery in the hope of finding the grave of Jim Morrison and seeing if there were any bohemians singing doors songs and dressed ...

  • 7

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    ... thinned out as we got further along.  On our way to the Opera Garnier, we detoured to go past the Montparnasse Cemetery.  It was really huge.  Neither S nor I really understand why people find cemeteries romantic, but it's always ...

  • 8

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    ... in lol. Some how I later stumbled upon a Cemetery which made this whole day a little Morbid so far. It was the Montparnasse Cemetery and there were a lot of famous people buried there but I didn't recognize the names. I did take a photo of ...

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    ... found Chopin, Edith Piaf and Wilde's graves (no Jim Morrison). There weren't cute little notes like there had been in the Montparnasse Cemetery, but it felt more like being in a park. It was so luscious, green and old, with such spectacular tombstones. ...