Day 120
Paris has something for everyone, even the tombstone gazers. If you only have the time or sentiment for one, visit the
Cimetiere du Pere Lachaise, the most visited cemetery in the world. Established in 1804, it’s the most famous, with more than a million inhabitants over 110 acres.
There are impressive mausoleums, elaborate statues, touching epitaphs, and impressive tombs. Among those buried there is Oscar Wilde, Balzac, Proust, Sarah Bernhardt, Gertrude Stein, Pissarro, Seurat, Chopin, Moliere, Marcel Marceau, and of course, Jim Morrison.
The cemetery also contains the Wall of The Federalists, marking an all night battle that was fought among the tombstones on the night of May 27, 1871. The few remaining Communard insurgents fought government forces, and in the morning the last 147 were rounded up and executed on the wall.
