Montmartre Cemetery – Facts and graves
Montmartre Cemetery, one of the four cemeteries open during the 19th century, contains the graves of many artists and personalities who lived in Montmartre
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Montparnasse Cemetery – facts and graves
Montparnasse Cemetery, the second largest cemetery in Paris after the Père Lachaise, contains the graves of many artists and philosophers of the inter war
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Saint-Vincent Cemetery – Butte Montmartre
Saint-Vincent Cemetery, one of Montmartre cemeteries where you’ll find the graves of Maurice Utrillo, Eugene Boudin, Arthur Honegger, Marcel Aymé and Marcel Carné
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Cimetière de Passy – Paris 16th district
Cimetière de Passy in Paris 16th district, the burial ground of aristocratic families, tycoons of finance, captains of industry, politicians and artists
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Chapelle Expiatoire – Louis XVI’s memory
Louis XVIII commissioned the Chapelle Expiatoire to honor the memory of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette who were executed during the French Revolution
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Paris 20th District – Arrondissement
Paris 20th District was formed from the merging of Belleville, Ménilmontant and Charonne and includes the Père Lachaise Cemetery and Parc de Belleville
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Villeneuve d’Aveyron Bastide
Visiting Villeneuve d’Aveyron and its surroundings, a bastide or fortified town built by Raymont VII, Count of Toulouse in the early 13th century
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Saint Denis Basilique – Royal Necropolis
Saint Denis Basilique, a masterpiece of Gothic architecture and the necropolis of the Kings of France, was consecrated as a cathedral in 1966
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Bayeux CWGC War Cemetery – Normandy
The Bayeux CWGC War Cemetery was opened in 1944 in Bayeux in Calvados and is the largest WWII Commonwealth cemetery in France with 4,648 graves
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Colleville-sur-Mer American Cemetery – WWII
Colleville-sur-Mer American Cemetery stretches on the cliff overlooking Omaha Beach and contains the graves of 9,387 American soldiers who died during WWII
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Marigny German Cemetery – Chapelle-en-Juger
The Panzer-Lehr Division was almost wiped out during the Battle of St-Lô in July 1944 and the soldiers buried in Marigny German Cemetery – Chapelle-en-Juger
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Vimy Ridge Canadian National Memorial Park
The Vimy Ridge Canadian National Memorial Park is a large section of the original WWI battlefield cleared of surface debris and preserved in its war state
