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    Père Lachaise Cemetery (French: Cimetière du Père-Lachaise [simtjɛʁ dy pɛʁ laʃɛːz]; formerly cimetière de l'Est, "East Cemetery") is the largest cemetery...
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    Gaston Lachaise (March 19, 1882 – October 18, 1935) was a French-born sculptor, active in America in the early 20th century. A native of Paris, he is most...
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    Lachaise (French pronunciation: [laʃɛz]) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. Communes of the Charente department "Répertoire...
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    Paris, Seen from the Heights of the Père Lachaise (French: Paris, vu des hauteurs du Père Lachaise) is a landscape painting made between 1842 and 1859...
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  • Nagle Lachaise (1872–1957) was an American-born, amateur poet, and wife of sculptor Gaston Lachaise active in the early 20th century. Isabel Lachaise was...
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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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  • Brongniart – French architect, best known for designing the layout of the Pėre Lachaise Cemetery Pierre Brossolette – French journalist, politician and Résistance...
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    Édith Piaf (category Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery)
    would think she had died in her hometown. Piaf's body is buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, where her grave is among the most visited. Shortly after...
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    In 1804, Napoleon established a cemetery there – the well-known Père Lachaise Cemetery (literally "The Father la Chaise Cemetery"). Thus, his name lives...
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    confident, robust nude woman by Gaston Lachaise that was modeled in 1928-30 and first cast in bronze in 1933. Lachaise created the full-scale model for statue...
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