Don't go thinking I'm morbid or anything but I do love cemeteries, especially the ones of Paris, where you can come across so many famous people and so much creativity in the tombs. I've already showed you many of them (including the famous Père Lachaise), but today I visited for the first time the Passy one. It's pretty small, but due to its vicinity (the rich 16th arrondissement area) it is worth the visit (besides, it's very very close to the Trocadero, so if you go there to see the Eiffel Tower...). You can see the grave of Gabriel Fauré, Claude Debussy, Jacques Ibert (French composers), of many foreign aristocrats (Bảo Đại, the last emperor of Vietnam), Farah Pahlavi (former queen of Iran), several members of the Romanov family (from "old" Russia), etc. You can also see anonymous graves, like this one (well, so I think!) that are still pretty remarkable.
That is extra ordinary!
ReplyDeleteThere is nothing ordinary about this cemetery. Very interesting grave!
ReplyDeleteVery interesting photo! Perhaps this is the grave of a doctor?
ReplyDeleteI think cemeteries are fascinating, too, especially those in Paris with their famous "inhabitants" and amazing tombstones.
Yes it looks a bit morbid but interesting as well. What was their story before this? Of course it is intriguing.
ReplyDeleteCemeteries are full of encounters but well I'd feel bizarre walking alone in them. Like if I was looked at by people I don't know but who may know me... Bizarre feeling...lol...
It is Mercury (Hermes) and somebody with wings. Cupid/Eros? My mythology is faulty. However, Mercury's caduceus is not the medical symbol, which has only one snake.
ReplyDeleteI love Paris cemeteries.
Pere Lachaise is one of my favorite places to visit. There is the Montparnasse too, but I like Pere Lachaise better. Meeting with Jim Morrison, Chopin, Yves Montant, Simone Signoret ... just like "back to the future". Very interesting feeling.
ReplyDeleteUn grand merci a Eric
Amazing image. Would love to know the story behind it.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you, Eric—the cemeteries of Paris are the best. This one is on my list for next time!
ReplyDeleteNot to mention Nathalie Clifford Barney, who conducted a Literary Salon in Paris that lasted 50 years, and Jean Louis Barrault, “Les Enfants du Paradis. ” Jean Giraudoux is also there, along with Jean Patou, Berthe Morisot and Edouard Manet. Not bad company ehhh??
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