Stories in stone Paris : a field guide to Paris cemeteries and their residents / Douglas Keister.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keister, Douglas, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Celebrities--Death--Biography.

Celebrities.

Cemeteries--France--Paris--Guidebooks.

Cemeteries.

Cemeteries--France--Paris--History.

Sepulchral monuments--France--Paris--Guidebooks.

Sepulchral monuments.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (679 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Layton, Utah : Gibbs Smith, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The intrigue of death in the City of Love Paris, city of lights, city of love, city of magic, city of art, city of death. Around twelve million people call the Paris metropolitan area home, and millions more call it their permanent home, including upwards of seven million in the catacombs in the Montparnasse district. The cemeteries and monuments in Stories in Stone Paris cut across a wide swath of the last two hundred years of Paris history. With this field guide in hand, discover the funerary architecture, memorials and symbolism within twenty-eight of Paris' notable resting

Contents:

Death in the City of Love; The Paris Catacombs; The Big Three; Père-Lachaise; Montmartre Cemetery; Montparnasse Cemetery; The Small Cemeteries; Passy Cemetery; St. Vincent Cemetery; Charonne Cemetery; Auteuil Cemetery; Picpus Cemetery; The Dog Cemetery; Les Invalides; The Panthéon; Saint-Étienne-du-Mont; Saint-Denis; Eternal Excursions; Cemetery Architecture & Monument Styles; Cemetery Symbolism; Acknowledgments; Map

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781423630609

1423630602

OCLC:

908095289