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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Paris, Île-de-France, Franceen_US
dc.coverage.temporalbegun 1804 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorBrongniart, Alexandre Théodoreen_US
dc.date1804en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-11T19:03:42Z
dc.date.available2013-01-11T19:03:42Z
dc.date.issued1804en_US
dc.identifier183300en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2129en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/90275
dc.descriptionGothic Revival monument (cenotaph); Père Lachaise is one of the most famous cemeteries in the world. It is the largest within the city of Paris. It is also the site of three World War I memorials. The cemetery takes its name from the confessor to Louis XIV, Père François de la Chaise (1624–1709), who lived in the Jesuit house rebuilt in 1682 on the site of the chapel. The property was bought by the city in 1804 (and established by Napoleon I), laid out by Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, and later extended. Brongniart was buried in the cemetery that he had helped to create as a public park as well as a necropolis. To attract customers to the then new cemetery, remains of famous people were transferred there including La Fontaine and Molière. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 7/17/2010)en_US
dc.format.mediumstone; marble; plantingsen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectdeath or burialen_US
dc.subjectfunerary arten_US
dc.subjectdecorative artsen_US
dc.subjecthistoricalen_US
dc.subjectNapoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821en_US
dc.subjectparks (recreation areas)en_US
dc.subjectNineteenth centuryen_US
dc.titlePère Lachaise Cemeteryen_US
dc.title.alternativeCimetière du Père-Lachaiseen_US
dc.title.alternativecimetière de l'Esten_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode2A2-F-P-PL-D4en_US
vra.culturalContextFrenchen_US
vra.techniquecarving (processes) construction (assembling) casting (process)en_US
vra.worktypecemeteryen_US
vra.worktypemausoleumen_US
vra.worktypemonumenten_US
vra.worktypepark (recreation area)en_US
dc.contributor.displayAlexandre Théodore Brongniart (French city planner, 1739-1813)en_US


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