General Maximillien Foy - division 28 Pere-Lachaise - then and now

Maximillien Sébastien Foy (1775–1825) was a French military leader during the Napoleonic Wars and wrote as highly-regarded history of the Peninsular War. Toward the end of his life he was a member of the national Chamber of Deputies and noted for his eloquence.

1828 by Marchant

c. 1830 by Pugin

1832 by Quaglia

1836 by Richard

1840 by Marty

c. 1841 by Furne

by Civeton

1855 by Solomon

by Didier Grau

Bellevoine - division 28 Pere-Lachaise - then and now

Little is known about the Bellevoine family in division 28 other than they had a keen eye for a unique tombstone: nothing like a pile of rocks to mark the permanence of death.

1836 by Richard and Terry

2006 by Steve Soper

Louis-Marie-Joseph Gossuin - division 28 Pere-Lachaise - then and now

Louis-Marie-Joseph Gossuin (1759-1821) was a general and civil administrator during the Napoleonic era. He is buried in division 28.

1832 Normand

2013

Jean Pierre Joseph baron de Jaquet - division 28 Pere-Lachaise - then and now

Jean Pierre Joseph baron de Jaquet (1779-1829), was a French military commander during the Napoleonic wars.

1832 Normand

2012 by Pierre-Yves Beaudouin

Ferdinand Barbedienne - division 53 Pere-Lachaise

Marshal Louis-Nicolas Davout - division 28 Pere-Lachaise - then and now

Louis Nicolas d'Avout (usually spelled Davout or Davoust, 1770-1823) was a Marshal of the Empire and reportedly one of Napoleon's most loyal commanders. His is buried in division 28 nears Marshals Massena and Lefebvre.

1832 Quaglia

2006 by Steve Soper

Louis Charles Delescluze - division 49 Pere-Lachaise

Marshal Francois Lefebvre - division 28 Pere-Lachaise - then and now

François Joseph Lefebvre (1755-1820), was one of Napoleon's original eighteen Marshals of the Empire. He is buried in division 28 near Andre Massena, another Marshal of the Empire.

1828

1832 Lefebvre (Normand)

1832 Lefebvre (Normand)

1832 Lefebvre (Quaglia)

1840 Lefebvre (Marty)

2009 by Steve Soper

A very brief tour through Pere-Lachaise Cemetery

Loie Fuller - division 87 Columbarium Pere-Lachaise

Born 1862 in Hinsdale (Fullersburg), Illinois, Loie Fuller was one of the most famous dancers of the art nouveau period. She died 1928 in Paris. An incredible and incredibly unique dancer.

Charles Crozatier - division 49 Pere-Lachaise

Marshal Andre Massena - division 28 Pere-Lachaise - then and now

Andre Massena (1758-1817 was a French military commander and one of Napoleon's original eighteen Marshals of the Empire. He is buried along with his son-in-law, Honore Charles Reille (1775-1860, Marshal of France, in division 28, near Francois Lefebvre, another Marshal of the Empire.

1855 Massena (Salomon)

1821 Massena (Jolimont)

1832 Massena (Normand)

1832 Massena (Quaglia)

1836 Massena

1840 Massena

late 19th century by Eugene Atget

1896 by Fraigneau

2006 by Steve Soper

Gustave Guillaumet - division 21 Montmartre

Mouroult de Villeneuve - division 28 Pere-Lachaise - then and now

The Mouroult de Villeneuve family vault is a good example of how dramatically the ground of the cemetery has changed over the years. The print is by Quaglia, in 1832:

And today (2015), more or less:

Jacob Robles -- division 7 in Pere-Lachaise

Sallandrouze - division 28 Pere-Lachaise - then and now

Tomb of Jean Sallandrouze (1760-1825), his son Charles-Jacques Sallandrouze de Lamornaix (1808-1867), and grandson Jean-Charles-Alexandre Sallandrouze de Lamornaix (1840-1899).

The tomb as Normand found it in 1832 (Jean was the only one interred there):

And today:

photo by touron66 (wikimedia)

Boieldieu - division 11 Pere-Lachaise

1840 Marty

Bellini - division 11 Pere-Lachaise

1840 Marty

Damage from aerial bombardment, World War 1

Damage to one of the cemeteries in Paris (probably Pere-Lachaise) as a result of a raid by German Gotha bombers in 1918.

Urquijo - division 42 Pere-Lachaise