Père Lachaise – literally Father Lachaise, the confessor of the royal chair, i.e. the king. Louis XIV’s confessor, Père Lachaise, was buried here and the cemetery is named after him.
In this cemetery in ancient, exquisite crypts, decorated with statues of famous sculptors, rest celebrities – the pride of France:
Jean-Baptiste Molière, Jean de La Fontaine, Honoré de Balzac, Oscar Wilde, Edith Piaf, Maria Callas, Frédéric Chopin, Camille Pizarro, Jim Morrison, Clémette Modigliani and many others….
