Showing posts with label division 48. Show all posts
Showing posts with label division 48. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Felix Beaujour division 48 Père-Lachaise 1872

During the final days of the Paris Commune, before the terrible denouement of Bloody Week ending with the massacre of 147 communards at the eastern edge of Père-Lachaise, the cemetery was used by rebel troops as bivouacs.

Here we see a print from 1872 depicting a number of soldiers (probably communards) using tombs as tables for dinner while lounging around drinking waiting for something to happen. The soldier in the background is standing at the entrance to Felix Beaujour's large obelisk in division 48.

Saturday, May 11, 2013

Zenaide Dolgorouky (1817-1883) division 48 Pere-Lachaise

She was also known as Vicomtesse de Chatiloff. (The statue group is now behind glass.)

Monday, January 07, 2013