Passy Cemetery

Cemetery in Paris, France

48°51′45″N 2°17′07″E / 48.86250°N 2.28528°E / 48.86250; 2.28528TypePublicOwned byMairie de ParisSize1.75 hectares (4.3 acres)No. of graves2600WebsitePassy cemetery on the Mairie de ParisFind a GravePassy Cemetery

Passy Cemetery (French: Cimetière de Passy) is a small cemetery in Passy, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France.

History

The current cemetery replaced the old cemetery (l'ancien cimetière communal de Passy, located on Rue Lekain), which was closed in 1802.

In the early 19th century, on the orders of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, all the cemeteries in Paris were replaced by several large new ones outside the precincts of the capital. Montmartre Cemetery was built in the north, Père Lachaise Cemetery in the east, and Montparnasse Cemetery in the south. Passy Cemetery was a later addition, but has its origins in the same edict.

The current entrance was built in 1934 (designed by René Berger). The retaining wall of the cemetery is adorned with a bas relief (by Louis Janthial) commemorating the soldiers who fell in World War I.

Notes

Opened in 1820 in the expensive residential and commercial districts of the Right Bank near the Champs-Élysées, by 1874 the small Passy Cemetery had become the aristocratic necropolis of Paris. It is the only cemetery in Paris to have a heated waiting-room.

Sheltered by a bower of chestnut trees, the cemetery is in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower.

The cemetery was once the home of a statue by Dunikowski titled The Soul Escaping the Body. It was on top of the ceremonial grave of Antoni Cierplikowski. The statue was known by many but was removed when the grave was cleared in 2004.[1]

It is known as a small but well visited cemetery (Petit mais bien fréquenté).

Notable interments

Among its more famous residents are:

Location

The entrance of the cemetery is located at 2, Rue du Commandant Schlœsing. The street in which it is situated is named for a Free French pilot, Squadron Leader Jacques-Henri Schlœsing (1919–1944), who flew with the wartime RAF until killed in action, the day that Paris was liberated.

The cemetery is behind the Trocadéro.

References

  1. ^ The Mystery of Antoine Cierplikowski
  2. ^ a b "Shah's daughter 'could not stand' exile". BBC News. 12 June 2001. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Leila Pahlavi; Deposed Shah's Daughter". Los Angeles Times. 12 June 2001. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  4. ^ Kirkland, Stephanie (22 December 2011). "Paris Places: Passy Cemetery. Retrieved 4 March 2014.

External links

  • flagFrance portal
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cimetière de Passy.
  • (in French) Passy Cemetery on the Mairie de Paris website (with plan)
  • (in French) Passy Cemetery on the Cimetiéres de France et d'Ailleurs website
  • Information and help in touring Passy cemetery.
  • Photographs of Passy cemetery Documenting funerary statuary in Paris cemeteries; on pariscemeteries.com
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