Montparnasse

3 boulevard edgar quinet
Paris 75014
Metro: Edgar quinet or Raspail
phone: +33 1 44 10 86 50

Opened in 1824 as the "cemetery of the south", Montparnasse is one of the three principal cemeteries of central Paris (the other two being Pere-Lachaise and Montmartre). Originally one necropolis, today rue Emile Richard effectively divides it into les grand and petit cimetieres

A few of the notable burials include:

Jean Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Samuel Beckett, Serge Gainsbourg, Charles Baudelaire (burial and cenotaph), Constantin Brancusi, Guy de Maupassant, Man Ray, Philippe Noiret, Jean Seberg, Susan Sontag, Eugene Ionescu, Tristan Tzara, Frederic Bartholdi, Emile Durkheim, Alfred Dreyfus, Andre Citroen, Julio Ruelas, Brassai, Henri Laurens, Antoine Étex, Jules Dalou, Cesar Baldacinni, Cesar Franck, Camille Saint-Saëns, Porfirio Diaz

Directions
As you exit from the Metro Edgar Quinet you'll see the walls of the cemetery. Just follow them to the main entrance. From the Raspail Metro stop as you exit look for Boulevard Edgar Quinet; it's just around the corner form the metro. You can turn up rue Emile Richard and enter from there or continue following the cemetery walls down Edgar Quinet to the main entrance.

Entrances
The main entrance is off of Boulevard Edgar Quinet, there are also entrances off rue Emile Richard, one close to rue Froidevaux and one close to Boulevard Raspail, and one at rue Froidevaux where it meets Avenue du Maine.

Facilities
Conservation and WC right inside of the Boulevard Edgar Quinet entrance.

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