Père Lachaise – literally father Lachaise, the spiritual advisor of the royal throne, i.e. the king. Here was buried the spiritual advisor of Louis XIV, Père Lachaise, after whom the cemetery is named.
In this cemetery, in ancient, exquisite crypts adorned with statues by famous sculptors, rest the celebrities – the pride of France:
Jean-Baptiste Molière, Jean de La Fontaine, Honoré de Balzac, Oscar Wilde, Édith Piaf, Maria Callas, Frédéric Chopin, Camille Pissarro, Jim Morrison, Amedeo Modigliani and many others…
