A bust stolen from Jim Morrison’s gravesite in Paris was found in May. But many questions linger about who took it and why.

Exploring Paris’s cemeteries–(Montmartre, Montparnasse, Passy, Père Lachaise, and Picpus)–can be a rewarding task. Artists, statesmen, and industrialists abound in these cities of the dead.

It’s the worst problem a cemetery can possibly have: No one was dying to get in. In the early 1800s, Parisians were expiring just as they always had, felled by natural causes as well as ailments and ...

After being buried for nearly two centuries in an unmarked grave in France, Eliza Monroe Hay — daughter of former president ...

Paris — Traveling to Pere-Lachaise Cemetery on the Metro, it is not unusual to see dozens of passengers carrying huge sprays of flowers: pink roses, baby’s breath, yellow lilies, gardenias, all ...

Père-Lachaise in Paris, whose tombs of Oscar Wilde, Jim Morrison, Édith Piaf and many other artistic icons have made it a popular tourist draw, has become a haven for wildlife, too. By Constant Méheut ...

Paris: The Pere Lachaise in Paris, the most visited cemetery in the world thanks to celebrities buried there, is welcoming crowds back after years of Covid restrictions with a back-to-nature setting ...

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In 1981 Carolyn Campbell, a publicist at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., took the advice of her mentor, art critic John Russell. Campbell jumped on a bargain flight to France to visit ...