Memorial to the Commune 1871 at Père Lachaise Cemetery

In memory of an unknown couple in 'full Monte' at Père Lachaise Cemetery

Ossuary at Père Lachaise Cemetery

Memorial to the victims of the Dachau Concentration Camp at Père Lachaise Cemetery

Nature blending harmoniously with honouring the dead at Père Lachaise Cemetery

A typical grave at the cemetery, at which the deceased are remembered at Père Lachaise Cemetery

The tomb of Victor Noir, whose tomb is a fertility symbol at Père Lachaise Cemetery

Symbol to the memory of the musician, Jim Morrison, at Père Lachaise Cemetery whose grave is nearby

In memory of a French soldier fallen during the First World War at Père Lachaise Cemetery

A path in the cemetery full of tranquillity and respect to life and life thereafter, so typical of Père Lachaise Cemetery

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 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

Visiting Père Lachaise Cemetery in the midst of a snow storm

Visiting Père Lachaise Cemetery in the midst of a snow storm

Visiting Père Lachaise Cemetery in the midst of a snow storm

Visiting Père Lachaise Cemetery in the midst of a snow storm

Visiting Père Lachaise Cemetery in the midst of a snow storm

Visiting Père Lachaise Cemetery in the midst of a snow storm

Visiting Père Lachaise Cemetery in the midst of a snow storm

Visiting Père Lachaise Cemetery in the midst of a snow storm

Visiting Père Lachaise Cemetery in the midst of a snow storm

Visiting Père Lachaise Cemetery in the midst of a snow storm

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