Showing posts with label Paris 2008. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paris 2008. Show all posts
Monday, February 23, 2009
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Friday, February 13, 2009
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
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Montmartre update
A quick trip to Montmartre cemetery yesterday, Tuesday, provided some good and bad news. The good news is that the bathrooms are finished at last and are quite nice.
The bad news is that the maps they now hand out are virtually useless. They are simply a two-fold map of the cemetery showing only the divisions. No more names of the famous or near-famous listed with their locations noted on the map.
The bad news is that the maps they now hand out are virtually useless. They are simply a two-fold map of the cemetery showing only the divisions. No more names of the famous or near-famous listed with their locations noted on the map.
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