Laaste rus in Parys

 

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.

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.

 

Memorial of the victims of the air disaster of Charm el , Paris Podcast - Loquis

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.

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.

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.

So, waar wil ons ten laaste rus: onder 'n doringboom in die Karoo, langs die Nossobrivier in die Kgalagadi - of in 'n klein paleis in Parys?