Guided tour: The mysteries of Père Lachaise
Guided tour: The mysteries of Père Lachaise
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The mysteries of Père Lachaise: Père Lachaise is the oldest cemetery in the capital, the most beautiful with its lovely avenues dear to the Romantic generation, and the most renowned, because it houses the tombs of illustrious figures such as Balzac, Oscar Wilde, Proust, Baron Haussmann, Edith Piaf, the unhappy poet of chimeras: Nerval or the melancholic singer of the Doors: Jim Morrison.<br><br> It is also full of unusual tombs, and that is what makes it so charming and mysterious... Which in other times exalted the Romantics steeped in Gothic, and nurturing a pronounced taste for the macabre, séances and the supernatural.<br><br> During this visit, you will see, among other things, the final resting place of Abelard and Heloise, the ill-fated lovers reunited in eternity thanks to Alexandre le Noir, curator at the dawn of the 19th century; that of Countess Demidoff, the vampire woman with the strange will; that of Robertson, the Grand Master of illusions adorned with skulls and phantasmagoria in the spirit of the Time; that of the Count de Lavalette, with his adventurous life; that of Alan Kardec, the spiritualist, communicating with the spirits of the deceased somewhere in the afterlife...<br><br> <b><li>Namely:</li></b><br> <b>The meeting place and contact details for Cultival customer service are shown on your ticket.</b><br><br><li> Please arrive 15 minutes before the start of your visit.<li> Wearing comfortable shoes is strongly recommended (the site is paved and sloping).<li> In the event of inclement weather making the visit impossible, Cultival reserves the right to postpone the visit
