Père Lachaise Cemetery Photos

Explore Père Lachaise Cemetery photos, capturing its timeless Parisian elegance.

The tomb of the Belgian poet, George Rodenbach with the sculpture on his tomb shows him bursting out of the top of his crypt holding a rose in his outstretched hand at Père Lachaise Cemetery

The grave of Fernand Arbelot, on which features a bronze sculpture of a man lying down and gazing into a woman’s disembodied face held aloft in his hands - a sign of love and adoration at Père Lachaise Cemetery

Nature blooming in honour of its fellow companions at Père Lachaise Cemetery

Typical scenery at Père Lachaise Cemetery

Scenery at Père Lachaise Cemetery that gives rise to relevant contemplation and reflection of life and our roles in it

A stroll through at Père Lachaise Cemetery

Nature in harmony with its surroundings at Père Lachaise Cemetery

A regular and frequent visitor to a grave paying his respects at Père Lachaise Cemetery

An example of interesting and unusual sculptures prevalent at Père Lachaise Cemetery

Epitaph on the tombstone of a deceased person at Père Lachaise Cemetery with the inscription 'To a good man, to the best of men, cherished and missed by his family, whose happiness was made by him'

Memory to a coal miner at Père Lachaise Cemetery

Path towards the Ossuary at Père Lachaise Cemetery

The tomb of the great French actress Sarah Bernhardt at Père Lachaise Cemetery, who died a hundred years ago

The Crematorium designed with the image of Byzantine architecture in mind at Père Lachaise Cemetery

Garden of Remembrance at Père Lachaise Cemetery

The grave of the writer Marcel Proust at Père Lachaise Cemetery

The tomb of Edith Piaf at Père Lachaise Cemetery

Two faiths remembered and honoured with love, reverence and mutual respect at Père Lachaise Cemetery

The tomb of the composer Frédéric Chopin at Père Lachaise Cemetery

A view of the Eifel Tower from Père Lachaise Cemetery, 19km away and a mere two hour walk!

The grave of an unknown but loving mother and supported by a loyal friend at Père Lachaise Cemetery

Cursed Love - The Mausoleum of Héloïse and Abélar at Père Lachaise Cemetery

Cursed Love - The grave of the great Anglo-Irish playwright, Oscar Wilde, at Père Lachaise Cemetery designed and created as a Sphinx by the American Sculptor, Jacob Epstein, between 1911 and 1914.

The tomb of the avant-garde and influential artist Amedeo Modigliani and eventually reunited with his great love Jeanne Hébuterne, who in bereavement died in tragic circumstances.

The Chapel at Père Lachaise Cemetery, the only part of Père-Lachaise Cemetery not privately owned in which a religious icon is permitted to be displayed.

The tombs of La Fontaine and Moliere at Père-Lachaise Cemetery.

The tomb of Jim Morrison at Père-Lachaise Cemetery.

The entrance to Père-Lachaise Cemetery, with its symbols designed to show that life is not timeless

An example of the many obelisks at Père-Lachaise Cemetery, which symbolises the image of a ray of sunshine reaching down from the heavens and connecting with mortals on earth

The tomb of the singer/composer Gilbert Becaud at Père-Lachaise Cemetery, the French equivalent to Elton John

The tomb of Théodore Géricault at Père Lachaise Cemetery, who painted the Raft of the Medusa

The tomb of Admiral Sydney Smith - the British Naval Commander during the Napoleonic Wars - at Père Lachaise Cemetery

The tomb of Raymond de Sèze, Comte de Sèze or Desèze (26 September 1750 – 2 May 1828) was a French advocate. He defended Louis XVI, when the King was brought before the Convention for trial. De Sèze is remembered for a speech on Louis' behalf which impressed even his opponents.

An unusual sculpture on s tomb of an unknown person at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris

The tomb of Honoré de Balzac the great novelist and playwright at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris

The tomb of unknown wealthy French individual at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris

The tomb of Eugène Delacroix at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, a French painter considered to be the main representative of the period referred to Romanticism

Monument aux Morts

One of many cenotaphs at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris honouring foreign citizens who sacrificed their lives for France during the First World War

The tomb of Guillaume Apollinaire at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, considered one of the most important French poets of the 20th Century and is the author of poems such as Zone, La Chanson du mal-aimé, Le Pont Mirabeau, which have been the subject of several adaptations into songs over the course of the century

An example of an unusual grave at Père Lachaise Cemetery

The grave of an unknown loving couple at Père Lachaise Cemetery

The grave of General Foy, Napoleon's favourite general at Père Lachaise Cemetery

The grave of Jean-François Champollion at Père Lachaise Cemetery, also known as Champollion le jeune ('the Younger'), who was a French philologist and orientalist, known primarily as the decipherer of Egyptian hieroglyphs.

The grave of Joseph Fourier at Père Lachaise Cemetery, the mathematician, who discovered the theory of heat transfer

The grave of phantasmagoria pioneer Robertson at Père Lachaise Cemetery, which has bat wings flanking

The grave of the painter, Camille Pissarro at Père Lachaise Cemetery

The mausoleum for the original Dracula at Père Lachaise Cemetery

The original resting place of Rafael Trujillo at Père Lachaise Cemetery, the tyrant of the Dominican Republic, who sanctioned the deaths of thousands of innocent civilians - an example of Pere Lachaise making no distinction between good and evil when providing a resting place!

The grave of the founder of homeopathy, Dr Christian Samuel Hahnemann, who was born in Meissen, Germany in 1755, received his medical degree in Erlangen in 1779 and died a millionaire in Paris in 1843

The epitaph on a grave at Père Lachaise Cemetery: 'Disturb not her remains, as you would have the remains of those dearest to you undisturbed'

Following a default of rent a vacancy has occurred at Père Lachaise Cemetery

Visiting Père Lachaise Cemetery in the midst of a snow storm

Georges Méliès, the creator of the modern day cinema, buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris

Max Wolf, the Père Lachaise Cemetery guide, in front of the last resting place of Oscar Wilde on this planet, then a boarding house for the poor and homeless and now a 5 star luxury hotel popular for stars like Frank Sinatra. 'Either that wallpaper goes or I do' - Oscar Wilde

A disciple of Marcel Marceau paying his respects to the great mime artist at Père Lachaise Cemetery

A happy client following a visit to Père Lachaise Cemetery

An elegant family mausoleum at Père Lachaise Cemetery

Grave of George Melies the founder and creator of the cinema at Père Lachaise Cemetery

Tomb of Joseph Crocé-Spinelli at Père Lachaise Cemetery. Crocé-Spinelli was a French engineer, aeronaut and inventor, one of the pioneers of aviation.

The tomb of the most important poet in Kurdish literature at Père Lachaise Cemetery.

Chinese wisteria in flower at Père Lachaise Cemetery

Following a default in the payment of the rent for the spot, a vacancy has occurred at Père Lachaise Cemetery.

George's Melies, the creator of the modern day cinema buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery.

The Pere Lachaise Cemetery guide in front of the last resting place of the playwright, Oscar Wilde on this planet, then a boarding house for the poor and homeless and now a 5 star luxury hotel popular for stars like Frank Sinatra.

A disciple of Marcel Marceau paying his respects to the great mime artist at Père Lachaise Cemetery.

Père Lachaise Cemetery in spring. The flowers (here Chinese wisteria) are blossoming.

An unusual but beautiful sculpture on a grave at Père Lachaise Cemetery.

The tomb of the most important poet in Kurdish literature at Père Lachaise Cemetery.

Joseph Crocé-Spinelli (French: Joseph Eustache Crocé-Spinelli; 10 July 1845 – 15 April 1875) was a French engineer, aeronaut and inventor, one of the pioneers of aviation. Along with Gaston Tissandier and Théodore Sivel, he achieved a record altitude of 8,600 metres (28,200 ft) in the gas balloon.

An elegant family mausoleum at Père Lachaise Cemetery.

The sole Scotsman buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery, Quintin Crawford or Craufurd, author and friend of Maria Antoinette.

An unusual sculpture at Père Lachaise Cemetery.

The mausoleum of Marshall Foy, one of many generals, who served under Napoleon and buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery.

An unusual sculpture design on a grave at Père Lachaise Cemetery signifying what?

Two lovers at peace with one another at Père Lachaise Cemetery!

Art and sculpture in harmony with each other at Père Lachaise Cemetery.

A nice simple grave at Père Lachaise Cemetery!

The tomb of Zénobe Théophile Gramme (April 4, 1826 - January 20, 1901) a Belgian electrical inventor at Père Lachaise Cemetery.

A parrot in a tree at Père Lachaise Cemetery protecting its nest from vultures.

Baron James Rothschild, who died in 1842. The mausoleum is in a poor state at Père Lachaise Cemetery.

Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.

The grave of George's Melies, the founder and creator of cinematography, at Père Lachaise Cemetery.

The grave of Maria Walewski, Napoleon's mistress, with whom he had a son, at Père Lachaise Cemetery.

Crocé-Spinelli (French: Joseph Eustache Crocé-Spinelli; 10 July 1845 – 15 April 1875) was a French engineer, aeronaut and inventor, one of the pioneers of aviation. Along with Gaston Tissandier and Théodore Sivel, he achieved a record altitude of 8,600 metres (28,200 ft) in the gas balloon Zénith.

An usually designed mausoleum at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.

Simply the most beautiful crematorium in the world at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. A place to die for. Opened in 1899.

The source for Beef Strognoff and Demidorf cigars at Père Lachaise Cemetery.

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An unusual form of funerary sculpture on an unknown grave at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris

Captivating funerary sculptures at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris

Two happy lover birds at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris

An example of original funerary sculpture at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris

Touching memorial to unborn babies at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.

Entrance to the next world already half ajar to welcome new members of the family at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.

A stroll at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.

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