Most Visited Necropolis In The World |Père-Lachaise

Поділитися
Вставка
  • Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
  • Père Lachaise Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Paris, France, at 44 hectares or 110 acres. With more than 3.5 million visitors annually, it is the most visited necropolis in the world.
    #mausoleum #necropolis #crypt

КОМЕНТАРІ • 182

  • @jeffreyyoung4104
    @jeffreyyoung4104 11 місяців тому +20

    Hi Sue! One thing about the damage to the area, is that Paris took many bombings during the German occupation, so it isn't vandals who did damage, but the bombs! I could make out some shrapnel damage to some of the structures.
    I looked up the domed Mausoleum and found one small photo of the interior, and it looked magnificent!
    The Mausoleum with the woman guarding the door, there are stairs going down to the lower level, and the floor is glass blocks to allow light to get down there too!
    Such a huge and historic cemetery! It could take years to see it all!

    • @harridan.
      @harridan. 11 місяців тому +4

      thanks for that! also, a thing i think happened which confuses young metal detectorists finding droplets of aluminum scattered across fields in Europe....the stock footage that's been used ad nauseum in film and television, most notably 12 O'clock High is of a B17 going down burning, melting. the deaths of an aircrew have cycled for years as entertainment.

    • @jeffreyyoung4104
      @jeffreyyoung4104 11 місяців тому +3

      @@harridan. Yes, too many take television too seriously!

    • @fionagreenwood3231
      @fionagreenwood3231 4 місяці тому

      Honestly years ?

    • @jeffreyyoung4104
      @jeffreyyoung4104 4 місяці тому

      @@fionagreenwood3231 There are so many things to see, and once you start seeing some of it, you will want to stop and learn more about the things you are seeing, and it all adds up in time, that you really need so much time, that it could take many lifetimes to learn all you get interested in, so you have to get selective in what you want to learn about!
      Once I started to learn about teaching myself about what interested me, it overwhelmed me as a young man, that I was very depressed, until I met an old man who knew what I was struggling with, that he was able to show me how to filter all of the things I was interested in, into things that would benefit what I had as a life goal, which really helped me to trim the interests down to a few that made it manageable.
      So I have had a very interesting time going through life, and even when things went 'wrong', like being fired from a job of 36 years, I did not feel loss, but I was able to transition into a new life, without any feelings of loss or bitterness. I am doing new things, and the person who fired me is struggling with the loss!
      And I am using the lessons of life to continue learning new things!

  • @edwardmccrindle7252
    @edwardmccrindle7252 11 місяців тому +7

    G,V and your self are the best keep up the good work thanks

  • @alcom3101
    @alcom3101 11 місяців тому +8

    Beau Travail comme d'habitude🔬🍀🌌Vive La France😉Alex🙏

  • @janetslicer3637
    @janetslicer3637 11 місяців тому +7

    Simply amazing to see and walk through. It is so big it never gets old! My favorite part are the thousands of mini-masoleums; you can rarely find a duplicate. I think the French have it over everyone else, they have such class. XO ♥️🙏

    • @SerenitySueGraveyards
      @SerenitySueGraveyards  11 місяців тому +2

      I agree, it's definitely one of the most amazing places I've seen

  • @cathymcglasson6947
    @cathymcglasson6947 11 місяців тому +8

    It's so sad when these get so old they begin to crumble and when they get vandalized. But beautiful cemetery and most definitely beautiful stained glass windows.

  • @nadaleenbrady8183
    @nadaleenbrady8183 11 місяців тому +9

    What a beautiful cemetery! I have never heard of this one. Thank you for doing this vid! From ohio USA ❤

  • @Steve63brook92
    @Steve63brook92 11 місяців тому +11

    This must be one of the biggest cemeteries I've ever seen. So unique in its own way. Thank you so much Miss Sue for sharing.

  • @nadiabrook7871
    @nadiabrook7871 11 місяців тому +10

    Wow!! This cemetery is literally a city for the dead!! What an ABSOLUTELY AMAZING place!! Thank you for showing it to us in such depth, Sue and GV!! XXXX ❤👍🤗💞👏👏

  • @peterredfern1174
    @peterredfern1174 11 місяців тому +9

    Never ceases to amaze me how some of these mausoleums were built in years past,great video sue safe travels to you and GV,god bless
    from ballarat in Oz,👏👏👋🙏🙏👍🇦🇺

  • @johnbastien3872
    @johnbastien3872 11 місяців тому +5

    You could spend days in there. Think of the value of the art. Those bronzes are something else. Nice tour Sue.

  • @donnicholas7552
    @donnicholas7552 11 місяців тому +7

    Cool tour! Very interesting.

  • @joelhurley2678
    @joelhurley2678 11 місяців тому +5

    Beautiful Crypts 😍.

  • @GraveVisitations
    @GraveVisitations 11 місяців тому +7

    I love this cemetery so much history

  • @Liz_678
    @Liz_678 11 місяців тому +9

    Like a crowded city!! Amazing. When you said it creeps me , it really creeps me out 😮. Thanks for tour! Glad you two enjoyed your trip!

  • @lorriesouthall7866
    @lorriesouthall7866 11 місяців тому +6

    The sculptures are just magnificent! The pin point details are superb, but to have your spot reserved? Guess that’s one way to make sure to be put there. Tc and stay safe always.

  • @kmgreves
    @kmgreves 11 місяців тому +5

    Merci beaucoup,,

  • @amethyst205
    @amethyst205 11 місяців тому +4

    Incredible place and those statues !!! I can feel love emanating from this cemetary. x

  • @sheilan6235
    @sheilan6235 11 місяців тому +5

    This place is amazing! Thank you for showing it!

  • @johndean5251
    @johndean5251 11 місяців тому +4

    Beautiful as Always

  • @debrafricano1486
    @debrafricano1486 11 місяців тому +4

    This cemetery is huge, unique, and beautiful.

  • @cathymcglasson6947
    @cathymcglasson6947 11 місяців тому +7

    They do have very beautiful life like statues.

  • @sonnytaylor3003
    @sonnytaylor3003 11 місяців тому +5

    A must visit next time in Paris

  • @sallykohorst8803
    @sallykohorst8803 11 місяців тому +3

    Thanks for this tour and what a cemetary. Thanks for all the information on its history.

  • @purplehaze5977
    @purplehaze5977 11 місяців тому +3

    Thank you both again i do appreciate all the hard work you put into looking up their history i find it fascinating, take care both

  • @susiejakes3019
    @susiejakes3019 11 місяців тому +4

    At the entrance of the Lagarde - Gueret family vault, there is a hooded female gatekeeper who guards the tomb. The glazed sculpture and gate are one which swings open inwards. Inside a small spiral staircase leads to the family vault below. That is where you saw the drop on the left side when you looked inside.

  • @denisedarrell6828
    @denisedarrell6828 11 місяців тому +2

    I love the stone road/walkway and old mausoleums. Thank you.

  • @celiafollmar8752
    @celiafollmar8752 11 місяців тому +4

    This is how all cemeteries' should be worldwide..to honor the dead....love brick pathways

  • @OvertheGarage-wv1wn
    @OvertheGarage-wv1wn 8 місяців тому +2

    My favorite Oscar Wilde quote is: "It is better to be talked about, then not talked about at all." This is my new favorite cemetery even though I have never been there.

  • @michaelbedinger4121
    @michaelbedinger4121 11 місяців тому +2

    Impressive cemetery, these monuments and mausoleums are beautiful. That one mausoleum, I think the lower section where the remains are collapsed on itself.
    That is sad to see. That one huge mausoleum with the steps going up to the doors, I would love to see the inside. Great walking tour Sue, thank you very much. Take care. 😊

  • @Thecorgially
    @Thecorgially 11 місяців тому +5

    Seems like some of this was in an earlier vlog. Great nonetheless. So much to take in.

    • @SerenitySueGraveyards
      @SerenitySueGraveyards  11 місяців тому +2

      It is but I wanted to put it together as one as I think it deserved it thanks 😊

  • @marlenemanion9776
    @marlenemanion9776 2 місяці тому +1

    It’s amazing the different designs of each of these mausoleum’s. This place is huge! Thank you for letting us see how many beautiful places there are in this world 🙏

  • @Carolbearce
    @Carolbearce 11 місяців тому +2

    That was awesome to see this beautiful cemetery.

  • @margaretgillum5787
    @margaretgillum5787 7 місяців тому

    So beautiful and awesome ❤. Thank you for. Sharing ❤.

  • @donallmccrudden4812
    @donallmccrudden4812 11 місяців тому +3

    Wahoo, another video:)

  • @virvoy
    @virvoy 7 місяців тому +1

    Sue, once again your skill as a guide of everything funereal had me totally enthralled in this explore of Pere' Lachaise, so many grand monuments & tributes in one of the most beautiful settings in Paris, even in death Oscar Wilde is still imposing. Heartfelt Thank's for this tour de force, I shall re watch at my leisure, I missed so much the first time, You have great presence when videoing that I feel as though I'm almost there with you on scene, also you convey a tangible sense of calm & indeed serenity, excellent viewing...

    • @SerenitySueGraveyards
      @SerenitySueGraveyards  6 місяців тому

      Thanks so much, I have a few videos from Paris all equally beautiful

  • @ginabarrows2454
    @ginabarrows2454 11 місяців тому +3

    That place is amazing! ❤

  • @maryellengrayberg9146
    @maryellengrayberg9146 11 місяців тому +1

    Thank you Sue great vlog.

  • @CyeOutsider
    @CyeOutsider Місяць тому

    Very beautiful cemetery. Thanks for the walk through.

  • @debroahisaacs2452
    @debroahisaacs2452 7 місяців тому +2

    The cemetery goes on and on ....amazing. ❤❤😊😊

  • @celiafollmar8752
    @celiafollmar8752 11 місяців тому +5

    My Dad was in WWII and he mention the beautiful cemeterys' and the beautiful cathedral s in Germany...he was worried with all the bombings by Allies and Germany the destruction

    • @SerenitySueGraveyards
      @SerenitySueGraveyards  11 місяців тому +1

      Yes that sure was a possibility during war, thanks for the information x x

  • @timothymarshall6709
    @timothymarshall6709 11 місяців тому +5

    Could be a pain in the glass.

  • @DeborahIsaacs-nx4dw
    @DeborahIsaacs-nx4dw Місяць тому +1

    Watching again. Like you said it would take video after video to cover it all. I do find it very exquisite elegant and crowded. I really enjoyed the visit and walk again. Blessings to you you guys.❤😊❤😊

  • @em6577
    @em6577 7 місяців тому +1

    Wow...imagine being able to visit your own grave? ...this place is simply breath taking...thankyou❤

  • @purplehaze5977
    @purplehaze5977 11 місяців тому +2

    I just love the litter boy sat on the grave

  • @tomsdotter3228
    @tomsdotter3228 11 місяців тому

    Absolutely beautiful. I hope you guys know how much we appreciate you. Thank you!

  • @richardspencer4526
    @richardspencer4526 11 місяців тому +1

    Great job!!

  • @LaurenFerrell885
    @LaurenFerrell885 11 місяців тому +4

    How long do they wait before they get a spot?

  • @cemeteriesdownunder9247
    @cemeteriesdownunder9247 11 місяців тому +1

    this was a wonderful tour thankyou ❤

  • @BavonWW
    @BavonWW 6 місяців тому +1

    There is no date of death because she lives for evermore or to show that a person's memory is eternal. Such a beautiful idea and such a stunning lady.

  • @annavisagie2750
    @annavisagie2750 11 місяців тому +2

    One can spend many many hours in here with it’s rich history and beautiful statue’s and family graves

  • @katsiduzynski488
    @katsiduzynski488 8 місяців тому +1

    Thank you for the most interesting story of this poor young woman. Hoping she will be at rest soon... Seems like she was out and about when her visage was witnessed along with that of her mother. I'm from Tubac, Az. Have a good winter and spring to follow. 😊

    • @SerenitySueGraveyards
      @SerenitySueGraveyards  8 місяців тому

      Thank you, looking forward to spring but already I have seen signs of it x

  • @nancyM1313
    @nancyM1313 11 місяців тому +3

    🙆🏻‍♀️hi Sue

  • @meowsthree
    @meowsthree 6 місяців тому +1

    Love it when you go off the main paths.

  • @lindajoywells8074
    @lindajoywells8074 8 місяців тому +2

    Wish I would have gone there when I was in Paris. We to many in New Orleans though. It's below sea level so all the Graves are above ground. During Catarina hurricane many were destroyed. With Bait royal coffinsfloting away.😢

    • @SerenitySueGraveyards
      @SerenitySueGraveyards  8 місяців тому +2

      I'd heard that so sorry that happened, I don't think anyone will forget hurricane Catherina 💔

  • @terrysimmons759
    @terrysimmons759 7 місяців тому +1

    Been there twice. Tons of famous people there. Oscar wilde, chopan, jim morrison, gertrube steinn alice toklaas....many more.

    • @SerenitySueGraveyards
      @SerenitySueGraveyards  7 місяців тому

      Yes, we were able to find a few famous people here, it was a great experience

  • @debroahisaacs2452
    @debroahisaacs2452 7 місяців тому +1

    Jim Morrison lived in Melbourne Florida were I lived for many years. We graduated from the same high school.

  • @kaloarepo288
    @kaloarepo288 8 місяців тому +1

    You should travel to Genoa in Italy where one of the largest and most spectacular cemeteries in the world is located - the Staglieno cimitero monumentale - the statues in that cemetery ARE TO DIE FOR !!! Pun intended!Particularly beautiful is the one of an young angel which even appeared on the cover of a music album!

  • @angelinatesta3918
    @angelinatesta3918 7 місяців тому +1

    I mean this is what we all must do,but this place is so beautiful your blessed to spend eternity here

    • @SerenitySueGraveyards
      @SerenitySueGraveyards  7 місяців тому

      I agree, I'd love to have a magnificent memorial for everyone to stop and see it's beauty

  • @jackyhawkins1895
    @jackyhawkins1895 11 місяців тому +3

    Not sure I've heard of a waiting list to buried in a certain place. I was looking at your merch. Can you tell me what/who the Morty merch is. Thank you 😊

  • @karenweaver134
    @karenweaver134 2 місяці тому +1

    Hi Sue! Could you explain in a video…..? I would love to know….what is a crypt versus vault? Where the bodies are in these slim looking mausoleums? I get confused over the different designs and their names and functions…. I understand the ones in NewOrleans USA but not so much these ones in Europe….thank you!

    • @SerenitySueGraveyards
      @SerenitySueGraveyards  2 місяці тому

      Not much difference really, a vault goes deep under ground for family, crypt is really very similar. In the mausoleums here, the bodies are underground

  • @sherryl1275
    @sherryl1275 7 місяців тому

    Biggest iv ever seen..wow I'd be lost in here fir days. Amazing

  • @marilynburkinshaw7809
    @marilynburkinshaw7809 11 місяців тому

    HI SU, I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS ❤ WHICH SOME OF THE I HAVE VISITED OVER THE YEARS WHICH BRING BACK HAPPY MEMORIES…
    MY FAMILY ORIGINALLY FROM VIENNA IN AUSTRIA, SU HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO THE CENTRAL CEMETERY ZENTRALRIEDHOF IN VIENNA ? MANY THANKS MARILYN XXX

    • @SerenitySueGraveyards
      @SerenitySueGraveyards  11 місяців тому

      I haven't, the only places I've been lucky to visit were in London, Paris and all over Ireland where I'm based x x x thank you

  • @chrislamarca5719
    @chrislamarca5719 11 місяців тому +2

    It is an easy place to get lost. No two monuments are alike yet after a couple of hours they all start looking alike.

    • @SerenitySueGraveyards
      @SerenitySueGraveyards  11 місяців тому

      I got lost so many times but I kind of liked staying away from crowd's when I could and I love finding ones off the main path too

  • @shaunkeller4779
    @shaunkeller4779 6 місяців тому +2

    the grave with the nun some people may call it a veiled madona

  • @purplehaze5977
    @purplehaze5977 11 місяців тому +3

    Must be hundreds of bodies there

  • @DeborahIsaacs-nx4dw
    @DeborahIsaacs-nx4dw Місяць тому +1

    I wonder about the Mausaleums and tombs,etc with bad damage , roped off, if no funds left to fix them, who pays for the repair. There must be quite a few and more coming up???

    • @SerenitySueGraveyards
      @SerenitySueGraveyards  Місяць тому

      I actually don't know, I heard that they can evict the bodies out of the mausoleums if no perpetual care is given

  • @mass55th75
    @mass55th75 11 місяців тому +1

    Sue: l'institution Nationale Des Jeunes Aveugles on the beautiful tomb with the lady with the veil over her face, translates to The National Institution for Blind Youth. I'm assuming the veil represents their blindness.

    • @SerenitySueGraveyards
      @SerenitySueGraveyards  11 місяців тому

      Thank you so much, that makes perfect sense, thanks for information

  • @timothymarshall6709
    @timothymarshall6709 11 місяців тому +6

    Why would women kiss the glass? its dirty don't know what is on the glass

    • @SerenitySueGraveyards
      @SerenitySueGraveyards  11 місяців тому +2

      I'm actually not sure, I didn't even touch it but prior to the glass going in they kissed the stone

  • @nanad4348
    @nanad4348 11 місяців тому +1

  • @cherylschantz9893
    @cherylschantz9893 7 місяців тому

    Sue, do you know if the doors are opened intermittently or always left open?

  • @robinbarrett5301
    @robinbarrett5301 8 місяців тому

    Always wanted to go there. Please send me a link to Jim Morrison grave,please?

    • @SerenitySueGraveyards
      @SerenitySueGraveyards  8 місяців тому +1

      ua-cam.com/video/-lvC_v2GaNw/v-deo.htmlsi=bOFwP2DQO9Uq_Mj4

    • @robinbarrett5301
      @robinbarrett5301 8 місяців тому

      Thank you Sue, my brother got to see them, when he was in the army.

  • @SamGouldsboro
    @SamGouldsboro 7 місяців тому

    It like a small town .

  • @paulgibson4991
    @paulgibson4991 11 місяців тому +6

    There must of been quite a bit of wealth way back when these monuments were made .

  • @jennifers8843
    @jennifers8843 7 місяців тому

    So it’s like a Walmart cemetery? Surely it’s cheaper if they’re selling the same plot several times, right?

    • @SerenitySueGraveyards
      @SerenitySueGraveyards  7 місяців тому

      If there's a vault that you're entitled to be buried in, I'd imagine you still have to pay something towards it and probably a fee to keep your body in there

  • @Zermatt2024
    @Zermatt2024 6 місяців тому

    You didn’t visit Jim Morrison? Isn’t that one the most visited in Pete Lachaise?

    • @SerenitySueGraveyards
      @SerenitySueGraveyards  6 місяців тому

      I have several videos from here and my partner visited Jim's grave and videod it

  • @user-py9lq7qt4n
    @user-py9lq7qt4n 7 місяців тому +1

    Is there a key as to who is buried where available? Oh, can non-Christians be buried here?

    • @SerenitySueGraveyards
      @SerenitySueGraveyards  7 місяців тому +2

      Yes, all religions are buried there, as I said in video you can only be buried there now if you have family vault there

  • @triciaselman9215
    @triciaselman9215 9 місяців тому

    Do you use a map? How in the world do you keep from getting turned around?

  • @lindajoywells8074
    @lindajoywells8074 8 місяців тому +1

    If that was supposed to Victor Noir's ,member it sure is in a strang place. His upper thigh?

  • @patrickrichards2577
    @patrickrichards2577 11 місяців тому +1

    ✨🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿✨🥰✨👍✨♥️✨🤗✨.

  • @deanmc178
    @deanmc178 11 місяців тому +2

    maybe it would be a good idea to interact with someone there who speaks english to translate and join you , im sure someone would be happy to help you x

  • @johnfalkenstine8377
    @johnfalkenstine8377 11 місяців тому

    Its Pere, not Pierre as you keep saying.

  • @jameslucas5658
    @jameslucas5658 4 місяці тому

    So nice to see how people used to live and die before taxes and fines put an end to it

  • @StevenMilne-sm4fk
    @StevenMilne-sm4fk День тому

    Imagine sleeping for eternity and ya wang bein fiddled with all the time..🫣🤦‍♀️

  • @DeborahIsaacs-nx4dw
    @DeborahIsaacs-nx4dw Місяць тому

    I wonder about the Mausaleums and tombs,etc with bad damage , roped off, if no funds left to fix them, who pays for the repair. There must be quite a few and more coming up???