If you find yourself in the Montparnasse district, don’t overlook the grand, handsome Montparnasse Cemetery. The second-largest cemetery in Paris, it was established in 1824, in the same era as other Parisian cemeteries (Passy Cemetery, Montmartre Cemetery, and the Père-Lachaise Cemetery).
With nearly 1,200 trees, strolling through the cemetery is a free pleasure. You can wander among the graves of unknown people and famous figures from history, art, cinema, literature, painting, and more. If you would like to take a detailed tour of the cemetery, a map is available free of charge at the entrance, showing the locations of the famous graves.
Among the notable figures buried there, writers (Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Charles Baudelaire, Robert Desnos, Samuel Beckett, Eugène Ionesco, Marguerite Duras, Joseph Kessel, Guy de Maupassant, Pierre Louÿs, Vercors, Henri Troyat), actors (Mireille Darc, Bruno Cremer, Serge Reggiani, Jean Seberg, Philippe Noiret, Jean Poiret, Delphine Seyrig, Jean Carmet) and filmmakers (Jacques Demy, Éric Rohmer, Maurice Pialat, Alain Resnais, Gérard Oury, Claude Sautet, Jacques Becker).
But also composers (Camille Saint-Saëns), photographers (Gyula Brassaï, Man Ray), painters (Eugène Carrière), historical figures (Alfred Dreyfus) and politicians (Simone Veil, Raymond Barre).
Don't forget to stop by Serge Gainsbourg's tomb, where fans from around the world continue to lay flowers every day, and even subway tickets and cabbages!
For a bit of history, the Montparnasse Cemetery sits on the site of three farms, and you can still glimpse these relics of the past today—one of the towers of a flour mills is still standing inside the cemetery; and it has even been classified as a historic monument.
A beautiful stroll ahead.
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Dates and Opening Time
Next days
Saturday:
from 08:30 a.m. to 06:00 p.m.
Sunday:
from 09:00 a.m. to 06:00 p.m.
Monday:
from 08:00 a.m. to 06:00 p.m.
Tuesday:
from 08:00 a.m. to 06:00 p.m.
Wednesday:
from 08:00 a.m. to 06:00 p.m.
Thursday:
from 08:00 a.m. to 06:00 p.m.
Location
Montparnasse Cemetery
3, boulevard Edgar Quinet
75014 Paris 14
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Prices
Free
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