The Spring Cemetery Festival 2023 in Paris, between nature and heritage, from May 12 to 14

The Printemps des Cimetières returns from Friday, May 12 to Sunday, May 14, 2023, for a day of (respectful) cultural activities in the cemeteries of Paris, between discovery of biodiversity and Parisian heritage.

The Printemps des Cimetières returns to Paris this Friday, May 12, Saturday, May 13 and Sunday, May 14, 2023, in order to promote these heritage sites while revealing various aspects often unknown to the general public, through free activities that highlight their landscape value, their rich biodiversity and their cultural interest.

Of course, this highly diversified program is always held with strict respect for these places of remembrance and meditation for families, and also allows the Cemetery Service to present the funeral professions and to raise public awareness of theecological maintenance of the sites and their biodiversity.

This year, the activities proposed by the Cemetery Service agents and partner associations are organized around three themes: History and Heritage, Arts and Culture, Biodiversity and Environment. In all, no less than 67 events, exhibitions, guided tours and other artistic performances are offered to Parisians, both young and old, who are curious! Did you ask for the program? Here it is:
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Some events of the Spring Cemetery Festival 2023 in Paris :

Cimetière du Montparnasse: A guided tour on the famous women of the Cimetière Montparnasse.

Cimetière des Batignolles: A guided tour around the personalities and singular graves of the cemetery.

Cimetière de Montmartre : A participative singing walk with the association Le Petit Ney, to discover the musicians buried in the cemetery.

Père-Lachaise Cemetery: A fun walk for 7-13 year olds proposed by the Necro-Romantiques association, to help them discover the cemetery, with questions and riddles; readings of excerpts from works chosen from among those of the most illustrious writers buried in the cemetery by actor Yves Heck; a choreographic journey around Isadora Duncan; and finally a "City of Paris" photo exhibition on the biodiversity of cemeteries, featuring the photographic talents of some cemetery workers.

Saint-Ouen Cemetery and La Chapelle Cemetery: Two guided tours to discover the history of the cemetery, its personalities and most remarkable graves, in a bucolic and green setting, offered by the Tourist Office of Plaine Commune Grand Paris.

Pantin Cemetery: A photographic tour of biodiversity and nature in the company of a cemetery employee who is a photo and nature enthusiast; and a "Ville de Paris" photo exhibition on the biodiversity of cemeteries, featuring the photographic talents of some cemetery employees.

Ivry Cemetery: A visit "fauna, flora and biodiversity" proposed by volunteers of the League for the Protection of Birds of Ile de France; and a photo exhibition "City of Paris" around the biodiversity of cemeteries, highlighting the photographic talents of some agents of cemeteries.