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Tag Archives: French cemeteries
Vacation in Nice
My friend Scott Browne was on a book tour in France when he had a free day in Nice. He stopped in to visit the lovely Cimetiere du Chateau. I share his photos with his permission. Please check out Scott’s books on … Continue reading
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A Theory of Cemeteries
The Space of Death: A Study of Funerary Architecture, Decoration, and Urbanism by Michael Ragon My rating: 4 of 5 stars I picked this up because I kept seeing it referenced in the bibliographies of books on cemetery history. The … Continue reading
Death’s Garden: Paris’s Secret Cemetery
by Erika Mailman I’m not sure when it first dawned on me to wonder what happened to the corpses of all the people guillotined during the French Revolution. It seemed unlikely authorities would permit families to take the bodies home … Continue reading
Cemetery of the Week #157: Normandy American Cemetery
Normandy American Cemetery Also known as the Omaha Beach Cemetery and Cimetière Américain de Normandie 14710, Colleville-sur-Mer, France Dedicated: 1956 Size: 172.5 acres (70 hectares) Number of interments: 9387 Open: Except on December 25 and January 1, the cemetery is open … Continue reading
Cemetery of the Week #151: The French Pantheon
The Pantheon Place du Pantheon 75005 Paris, France Telephone: 01 44 32 18 00 Pantheonizations began: 1791 Number of interments: Open: Every day, except January 1, May 1, and December 25 Homepage: http://www.monuments-nationaux.fr In 451, Attila the Hun threatened the … Continue reading
