Père-Lachaise Chronicle – l’édition Beaujour

Today’s post is the first in a series that will briefly chronicle the lives (or critical aspects of the lives) of six people whose monuments in Cimetière de l’est (AKA Père-Lachaise) I found particularly interesting or whose lives I thought …

No time to lounge around we’re visiting Pére-Lachaise – part 3 – Héloïse’s story and their tragic affair

Although much about the early life of Héloïse d’Argenteuil (her “surname” is from the convent of Sainte Marie in Argenteuil where she spent much of her childhood and to which she would later return) has been lost to time, the …

No time to lounge around we’re visiting Pére-Lachaise – part 2 – From the top & Abélard’s story

On the bus ride up rue de la Roquette David asked if we wanted to start at the top of the cemetery and walk down the hill or enter through the main gate and work our way up. We chose the …