Episode 2 of 2
Early Burials
- When
- 1804
- Where
- Paris
In 1804, the Père Lachaise contained only 13 graves, reflecting a slow start for the newly opened municipal cemetery.
In 1804, the Père Lachaise contained only 13 graves. The cemetery had opened that year as one of several new, large cemeteries established outside the precincts of the capital after the closing of the Holy Innocents' Cemetery in 1780, as the city graveyards of Paris filled.
Sources
- Père Lachaise Cemetery Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-03
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