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Cimetière de Montmartre is a place unlike any other in Paris. First, in order to like this place, you have to like cemeteries (duh!). Second, you must adore the sight of goose bumps on your skin and the feel of chills along your spine. Third, you are definitely crazy about black cats with furtive looks about them.
If you happen to possess all the requirements and you have some free time on your hand, then, my friend: Let me take you down. 'Cause I'm going to cemetery fields. Nothing is real. And plenty to get hung about. Cemetery fields forever! (I am sorry for being a clown and stealing your beautiful words, John.)
Just a block off Boulevard de Clichy, the cemetery first opened up like a small park, green and peaceful. Zola's resting place was lovely, thank you. After Berlioz' grave, though, we were lost and the place started to become a bit leery. Vegetation growing out from and clinging to the tombstones did not help to ease our feeling; the wild branches looked strangely like tentacles. All of a sudden, the temperature dropped. Perhaps it was just the typical Paris' unpredictable weather, but there was something in the air that made me think otherwise.
While looking for Fragonard's final resting place, we became disoriented. The hair in my back stood up when the cats (all of them black) appeared and disappeared between the rows of tombstones. Charles had never met a cat he did not love, so he called out to them and followed them deeper and deeper into the jungle of homes for the departed, while I was trying desperately to find a way out. Then, just as suddenly as when we got lost, we turned around a corner and found ourselves walking toward the guard. He blew a whistle, indicating the cemetery was about to close.
The last street that led us out to the gate was as pleasant as a walk in the park, lined with weathered statues and well-kept graves. The sky was clear, the air was calm, visiting hour was over, and we found ourselves back to Pigalle in the thick of the adult entertainment world! Leave a Comment Other Contact: Métro: Place de Clichy
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| | | | Cemeteries & Other Resting Places: Mont Valerien | Tip Rating: | | | | |
The Mont Valerien is in the close suburbs of Paris (Suresnes) and it is a hill like Montmartre.
It was known to have many natural springs, some made miracles.
During the Middle Age, some hermits settled there. During the 17e century, the Pere Charpentier disturbed them putting 3 crosses in order to create a pilgrimage. It was closer from Paris than St Jacques de Compostel and the pilgrims going back home were allowed to stop and drink the Suresnes wine (a wineyard still exists).
In 1840, a huge fortress was built there to protect Paris. It was used as a prison during WW II.
The fortress is still on duty for communications and it can be visited only on request and during the "Journees du Patrimoine" in September . It shettles the last military pigeons (with 2 guys) and a pigeon museum. French army has bought now wireless radios, you know...
Nearby, there are an American military cemetary, a resistance memorial , a panoramic view point, a fitness park and a very good restaurant (Jardins de Camille : on my Restaurant page).
To reach Mont Valerien : RER to La Defense, then bus. Street parking easy. Leave a Comment
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| | | | Cemeteries & Other Resting Places: Auguste Comte and his vision of life | Tip Rating: | | | | |
Comte's cardinal position was this: "The greatest problem, then, is to raise social feeling by artificial effort to the position which in the natural condition is held by selfish feeling." To which Sir James Fitzjames Stephen responded, "To me this is like saying, the great object of mechanics is to alter the laws of gravitation." [See Liberty, Equality, Fraternity (1873) (University of Chicago Press, 1991) at p. 126.]
What underlies any government plan to "improve" the social condition is the philosophy of positivism. It aims to crush individuals in the pursuit of the impossible task of changing human nature. As John Stuart Mill was to write:
"M. Comte, in particular, whose social system, as unfolded in his Systeme de Politique Positive, aims at establishing (though by moral more than by legal appliances) a despotism of society over the individual, surpassing anything contemplated in the political ideal of the most rigid disciplinarian among the ancient philosophers." (On Liberty.) Leave a Comment
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| | | | Cemeteries & Other Resting Places: Oscar Wilde's Resting Place | Tip Rating: | | | | |
At the Père Lachaise Cemetery, located at the Père Lachaise (Blue #2 Metro) North Bank east from Central Paris.
As you walk out of this metro station, follow the signs. I got there at about 9am. It was open and as you walk in, there is an administration building on the right behind a few trees. It's a peaceful place, great if you want a walk and some peace away from the city noise.
To get to Wilde, you'll have to walk about 1 or 2 km's up the hill of this cemetery. It's a healthy walk and you'll burn some calories to get to Wilde. He is easy to find on the map you have.
**Note: If you are a fan of the great opera Mezo Soprano, Maria Callas, she is buried here too, but the map doesn't show where she is. To find her, you can find it on the large map when you first enter the cemetery. Unfortunately, I regrettably did not have the time to find her. She's a long walk from the entrance. Leave a Comment
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