The Expiatory Chapel
Guided tour of the Expiatory Chapel Commemorative and funerary monument, the Expiatory Chapel , was erected on the site of a very particular cemetery: the Madeleine cemetery. Located near the present-day Place de la Concorde, where the guillotine was most often erected during the Revolution. The cemetery hosted the remains of many famous convicts, […]
Père-Lachaise Cemetery
Guided tour of the Père-Lachaise Cemetery The Père-Lachaise Cemetery is probably the most famous cemetery in Paris, even in the world. You can see why by visiting it: an immense 44-hectare park and open-air museum. The Père-Lachaise cemetery is an inexhaustible source of walking, visited every year by more than 3 million visitors. Book […]
Covered Passages
Guided tour of the Covered Passages of Paris There were 137 of them in 1828, nowadays only 24 remain. These alleys, called ” covered passages “, are a fabulous witness to the history of Paris and its extraordinary development at the dawn of the 20th century. If you are not a Parisian, you probably don’t […]