Montparnasse Cemetery
14th arrondissement of Paris, France · built 1824
Montparnasse Cemetery (Cimetière du Montparnasse [simtjɛʁ də mɔ̃paʁnas]) is a cemetery in the Montparnasse quarter of Paris, in the city's 14th arrondissement. The cemetery is roughly 19 hectares (47 acres) and is the second largest cemetery in Paris. The cemetery has over 35,000 graves, and approximately 1,000 people are buried there each year. The cemetery is the resting place for a variety of individuals including political figures, philosophers, artists, actors, and writers. Additionally, the cemetery contains a number of tombs commemorating those who died in the Franco-Prussian war during the siege of Paris (1870–1871) and the Paris Commune (1871).
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