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Père Lachaise Cemetery
cemetery in Paris, France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Père Lachaise Cemetery (French: Cimetière du Père-Lachaise [simtjɛʁ dy pɛʁ laʃɛːz]; formerly cimetière de l'Est, "Cemetery of the East") is the largest cemetery in Paris, France (44 hectares or 110 acres).[1] More than 3.5 million people visit here every year. It is the most visited necropolis in the world.
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The Père Lachaise is in the 20th arrondissement and was the first garden cemetery, as well as the first municipal cemetery in Paris.[2] There are three World War I memorials in the cemetary.