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    Père Lachaise Cemetery (French: Cimetière du Père-Lachaise [simtjɛʁ dy pɛʁ laʃɛːz]; formerly cimetière de l'Est, lit. 'East Cemetery') is the largest cemetery...
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    Père Lachaise (French pronunciation: [pɛʁ laʃɛːz]) is a station of the Paris Métro, serving Line 2 and Line 3 on the border of the 11th and 20th arrondissements...
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  • into the Aegean Sea, off the coast of Greece. The empty urn remains in Père Lachaise. Lucienne Calvet, née Calmettes – Heroine of WWII, killed just before...
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    still had artillery at their strongpoints at the Buttes-Chaumont and Père-Lachaise, from which they continued to bombard the regular army forces along...
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    Muslims in the 85th division of the Parisian Cemetery of the East, called Père Lachaise. The enclosure measured about 800 square meters, and in it the Ottomans...
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    Victor Noir (category Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery)
    Noir became a symbol of opposition to the imperial regime. His tomb in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris has become a fertility symbol. He was born Yvan Salmon...
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    Saint-Fargeau, Père-Lachaise and Charonne. In 2019, it had a population of 194,994. The 20th arrondissement is internationally best known for its Père Lachaise Cemetery...
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    house. In 1804, Napoleon established a cemetery there – the well-known Père Lachaise Cemetery (literally "The Father la Chaise Cemetery"). Thus, his name...
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    crematoria have columbaria. Examples of these are the columbaria in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris and Golders Green Crematorium in London. In other...
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    Frédéric Chopin (category Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery)
    played. The organist was Alfred Lefébure-Wély. The funeral procession to Père Lachaise Cemetery, which included Chopin's sister Ludwika, was led by the aged...
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