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4 Sights
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Paris's largest cemetery, a hillside city of tombs where Chopin, Oscar Wilde, Édith Piaf and Jim Morrison lie.
- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- 2 hours
- Address
- 16 Rue du Repos, 75020 ParisDirections
- Getting There
- Père Lachaise or Philippe Auguste station (Metro lines 2 and 3).
Why Go
Opened in 1804, it holds more than a million people beneath tree-lined lanes of chapels and sculpted tombs. Wilde's winged monument and Morrison's grave draw the most visitors.
Pick up a map at the entrance; it's easy to get lost.
Nearby in Paris
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