PĂšre Lachaise Cemetery - The Largest Cemetery in Paris
PĂšre Lachaise is the largest cemetery in Paris covering around 110 acres and is the most visited necropolis in the world. The cemetery used to be called the East Cemetery or cimetiĂšre de l'Est. It gets millions of visitors every year, literally a 3.5 million visitors visit the place annually.
This might be because the cemetery is home to many celebrities including FrĂ©dĂ©ric Chopin, Ădith Piaf, Marcel Proust, Sarah Bernhardt, Oscar Wilde, Jim Morrison, Balzac, MoliĂšre, Colette and Adolphe Thiers (the second elected President of France).