Dit is nie aldag dat ‘n begraafplaas uitgelig word as
‘n besondere besienswaardigheid nie. Tog is twee van die grootste rusoorde in Parys
die moeite werd om te besoek.
Père Lachaise
Cemetery (French: Cimetière du Père-Lachaise,
formerly Cimetière de l'Est, ('Cemetery of the East') is the largest
cemetery in Paris, France, at 44 hectares or 110
acres. With more than 3.5 million visitors annually, it is the most
visited necropolis in the world.
The Père
Lachaise is located in the 20th
arrondissement and
was the first garden cemetery, as well as the first municipal
cemetery in Paris. It is also the site of three World War I memorials. The cemetery is located
on the Boulevard de Ménilmontant.
Père
Lachaise Cemetery -
Wikipedia
Bienvenue au cimetière du Père-Lachaise
- Ville de Paris
Die helder prag
van herfsblare, beide nog aan die bome asook op die grond skep ‘n skrille
kontras met die somber grafstene en -geboue. Geboue, ja, want dit lyk asof
sommige grafkelders opgerig is om nog vir etlike jare ‘n tuiste aan die
inwoners te bied. Dit is opmerklik dat heelwat strukture voorsiening maak vir
bedeesde tuistes van hele families.
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Die krematorium in die begraafplaas was die eerste een in Frankryk, en daarnaas is ook ‘n columbarium opgerig as laaste rusplek van die veraste persone. Die krematorium was grootliks as ongewoon beskou tot die einde van die twintigste eeu.
Dit is duidelik dat nie slegs gewone individuele of familiebegrafnisgeleenthede hier gehuldig word nie. Etlike monumente en gedenkwaardighede word aangetref, wat wêreldoorloë, konsentrasiekampe, volksmoorde en rampe insluit. So is daar byvoorbeeld ook die interessante deursigtige gedenkplaat van glas wat die tragedie van die lugramp van 3 Januarie 2004 gedenk.
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Die groot
begraafplaas in die Montmartre gebied word ook in die laatherfs besoek. Weer
kontrasteer die opvallend kleurryke natuur – die naderende winter ten spyt.
Montmartre
Cemetery - Wikipedia
In the mid-18th
century, overcrowding in the cemeteries of Paris had created numerous problems,
from impossibly high funeral costs to unsanitary living conditions in the
surrounding neighbourhoods. In the 1780s, the Cimetière
des Innocents was
officially closed and citizens were banned from burying corpses within the city
limits of Paris. During the early 19th century, new cemeteries were constructed
outside the precincts of the capital: Montmartre in the north, Père
Lachaise Cemetery in
the east, Passy
Cemetery in the
west and Montparnasse
Cemetery in the
south.
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The Montmartre
Cemetery was opened on 1 January 1825. It was initially known as
le Cimetière des Grandes Carrières (Cemetery of the Large
Quarries). The name referenced the cemetery's unique location, in an
abandoned gypsum quarry.
The Cemetery
of Montmartre (French: Cimetière de Montmartre) is a cemetery in
the 18th
arrondissement of Paris, France, that dates to the early 19th century. Officially known as
the Cimetière du Nord, it is the third largest necropolis in Paris, after
the Père
Lachaise Cemetery and
the Montparnasse
Cemetery.
A popular
tourist destination, Montmartre Cemetery is the final resting place of many
famous artists who lived and worked in the Montmartre area.
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Soos in die
ander groot begraafplase is hier ook heelwat bekende en beroemde politici,
akteurs, sangers en ander persone van openbare belang te ruste gelê.
