Hoa in Paris- 3/6/10 to 3/9/10
Day 3-Monday 3/8/10
Visiting my mom at Père Lachaise
Père Lachaise Cemetery (Cimetière du Père-Lachaise) is the largest cemetery in the Paris. The cimetery is huge, about 120 acres and it is a very busy place for tourists to visit. It is actually a very relaxing and peaceful place.
This is the entrance of the cemetery. Cars are not allowed in the cemetery so it is really nice and it seems more like a park than a cemetery.
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The cremetory
Parking lot for employees.
This the columbarium, a place that holds cremated remains.
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My mom resting place in the Columbarium.
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The tomb of Eloise and Abelard, famous lovers. Peter Abelard, a scholar and theologian at Notre Dame, falls in love with one of his pupils, Eloise. Eloise is an educated woman, the niece of a canon at Notre Dame. Moved by Abelard’s writings, Eloise writes him the first of their famous exchange of letters on love and suffering. Eloise goes to a convent, where she dies and is buried in Abelard’s tomb. |
Jim Morrison's tomb. Jim Morrison is the famous American singer from the 70's band "The door" . |
Next... Galerie Vivenne and lunch
