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The list of famous individuals who are buried here includes 40 singers , 40 composers and 75 painters. The star-crossed lovers Heloise and Abelard were the first people of note to be buried here in , when the cemetery was still new.
The composer, who was afraid of being buried alive, had asked for his heart to be removed after he died. Legions of fans come to pay their respects to the singer every year on 3 July, the anniversary of his death. More information on the history of Paris. A stone angel with huge outstretched wings adorns the tomb of the Irish author Oscar Wilde , who went into exile in France towards the end of the 19th century after being disowned by his native country for the crime of gay sex.
Over the years, admirers have covered the tomb with lipstick kisses and graffiti containing messages of love. You are free. Perhaps the most famous grave in Paris. Morrison died in a bathtub in Paris, and his gravesite in Pere Laichase been a pilgrimage site for The Doors fans and drunkards in general ever since. People still share beer with the singer, by pouring half the contents of the can over his grave. It is said that Wilde died in a Parisian hotel.
His grave is represented by an angel bearing the weight of the rock. People leave fresh flowers, tissues with color-stained kisses, and letters.
The cemetery officials have put up a glass encasing around the grave, and people now write their messages on the glass. Admirers regularly leave bouquets of flowers all over his already quite lovely grave. The love story between Abelard and Heloise is one of the best known romances of the Middle Ages. Oscar Wilde, the famous Irish poet, author, and playwright, is so beloved that his admirers have traveled the world to leave lipstick-lined kisses on his grave over the years.
A layer of protective glass was even installed as a barrier to discourage future visitors from incurring further damage, but you can still blow a kiss and snap a selfie to commemorate the moment. Piaf was discovered singing on the streets of Paris and plucked from her traumatic and tumultuous childhood, which included brushes with homelessness and experiences of being raised in a brothel.
There is even a museum dedicated to Edith Piaf , which you can visit in Belleville. Much like the adoring fans of Oscar Wilde, fans of the Californian band have made his small grave a pilgrimage site, marking it with graffiti and lipstick marks over the years. Today, the grave is cordoned off with security, which left some visitors no choice they felt but to cover a nearby tree in chewed gum. You might not know Victor Noir as the famous French journalist that he once was, but his grave is striking.
Legend has it that those compelled to touch his reclining statue will improve their fertility.
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