The Montmartre Cemetery is the third largest cemetery in Paris. It is located at the foot of the Montmartre hill, in the former artist quarter and the Parisian bohemia. On 20 hectares of land there are about 20 thousand graves. Many of them are real works of art. They were buried here, among others Emil Zola, Stendhal, Dalida and Juliusz Słowacki.
The cemetery was opened in 1825. In 1888, its area was cut by a viaduct, followed by an access route to the pavilions of the World Exhibition. Today, some of the graves are located under the said bridge. The cemetery was the burial place of many artists and members of the Parisian Bohemia.
The most famous tombstone at the Montmartre cemetery is the tomb of singer Dalida. It presents the life-size figure of the artist. A golden sun shines behind her. Strolling through the shady alleys of the necropolis, you can see the graves of the composer Hector Berlioz, painter Edgar Degas, writers Alexander Dumas, Emil Zola, Stendhal, Heinrich Heine. Over 270 Poles are buried in Montmartre. Most of them are soldiers of the Napoleonic army and the Polish Legions of Dąbrowski. Initially, Juliusz Słowacki was buried here, whose ashes were brought to Wawel. His symbolic grave is still here. Joachim Lelewel could rest in the collective.
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