Thursday, February 26, 2009
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François Victor Alexis Miguet division 73 Pere Lachaise
Thanks to Philippe Landru we now have an id on this sculpture: François Victor Alexis MIGUET, who died in 1915 during the war. 
Saturday, February 21, 2009
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Columbarium division 87 Pere Lachaise
Two examples of the imaginative handiwork you'll find in division 87:
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Croce-Spinelli and Sivel division 71 Pere Lachaise
Two balloonists who literally flew too high where the air was too thin. There was a third man who survived, Gaston Tissandier, who is buried in division 27.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Richard Wright division 87 Pere Lachaise
American novelist Richard Wright's ashes are actually interred in a niche in the Clumbarium at Pere Lachaise -- also known as division 87.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Jean Pezon division 86 Pere Lachaise
The lion-tamer Jean Pezon riding "Brutus," the lion that, according to local legend, reportedly ate him -- or killed him at any rate.
Monday, February 09, 2009
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