Cemetery in Paris
Also known as Cimetiere du Montparnasse, Montparnasse Cemetery
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The Cimetiere du Montparnasse is the third great Parisian cemetery, after Pere Lachaise Cemetery and Montmartre, and like the others it is free to walk into. Sartre and Beauvoir share one grave here. Baudelaire, Beckett, Ionesco, Man Ray, and Julio Cortazar are buried within the walls. The cemetery sits on the Left Bank in the 14th arrondissement, opened in the early nineteenth century when the city moved its dead out of the crowded center.
For a budget traveler it is one of the better free hours in Paris. It is smaller and quieter than Pere Lachaise and much less visited, so anyone who has already done the famous cemetery on the other side of town comes here for a different atmosphere and a different list of names. Pick up a free map of notable graves at the entrance gate near Boulevard Edgar Quinet, then wander. There is no ticket, no audio guide to pay for, and no queue.
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