Did you know that a massive pyramid could have stood proudly in the heart of the Père-Lachaise Cemetery in Paris? Here's a look back at a little-known architectural project from the 19th century. Did ...

Exploring Paris’s cemeteries–(Montmartre, Montparnasse, Passy, Père Lachaise, and Picpus)–can be a rewarding task. Artists, statesmen, and industrialists abound in these cities of the dead.

Benoît Gallot is in the business of dying. As the curator of Père-Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, a role he took on in 2018 at the age of 36, he manages the affairs of one of France’s most sought-after ...

A cemetery as a tourist attraction? If any city can pull it off, it's Paris. Covering nearly 110 acres of the 20th arrondissement (district), the Père-Lachaise Cemetery is considered one of the most ...

Paris city hall is offering a rare chance to be buried among some of history's most celebrated artists. Dec. 31 was the ...

Père Lachaise is world-famous as the resting place of writers, musicians, artists and thinkers. But Benoît Gallot, curator of the storied cemetery, has been sharing pictures of the wildlife that ...

It’s the worst problem a cemetery can possibly have: No one was dying to get in. In the early 1800s, Parisians were expiring just as they always had, felled by natural causes as well as ailments and ...

Paris (AFP) – The Pere Lachaise in Paris, the most visited cemetery in the world thanks to celebrities buried there, is welcoming crowds back after years of Covid restrictions with a back-to-nature ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. This article is part of a new FT Globetrotter series on Spooky Cities. It is also part of our guide to Paris ...

Père-Lachaise in Paris, whose tombs of Oscar Wilde, Jim Morrison, Édith Piaf and many other artistic icons have made it a popular tourist draw, has become a haven for wildlife, too. By Constant Méheut ...

In 1981 Carolyn Campbell, a publicist at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., took the advice of her mentor, art critic John Russell. Campbell jumped on a bargain flight to France to visit ...