Père-Lachaise Cemetery (Paris, France): a brief history

Posted on January 1, 1998 by urbanrenaissanceinst

Northstar Gallery

January 1, 1998

New cemeteries were needed as an alternative to the horrendous burial conditions in the city. The fear of disease-causing “miasmas” from rotting corpses lead to designating new cemeteries on the outskirts of Paris.

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