• The Cemetery of Montmartre (French: Cimetière de Montmartre) is a cemetery in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, that dates to the early 19th century...
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    cemeteries outside the city limits: Passy Cemetery to the west, Montmartre Cemetery to the north, and Père Lachaise Cemetery to the east. In the 16th century the...
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    Saint-Pierre de Montmartre (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pjɛʁ də mɔ̃.maʁtʁ]) is the second oldest surviving church in Paris, after the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Pres...
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    French, all the cemeteries in Paris were replaced by several large new ones outside the precincts of the capital. Montmartre Cemetery was built in the...
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    Montmartre Montmartre (UK: /mɒnˈmɑːrtrə/ mon-MAR-trə, French: [mɔ̃maʁtʁ] ) is a large hill in Paris's northern 18th arrondissement. It is 130 m (430 ft)...
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    them: Montmartre Cemetery in the north, Père Lachaise in the east, and Montparnasse Cemetery in the south. Near the middle of the city is Passy Cemetery. The...
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    Edgar Degas (category Burials at Montmartre Cemetery)
    Edgar Degas (UK: /ˈdeɪɡɑː/, US: /deɪˈɡɑː, dəˈɡɑː/; born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas, French: [ilɛːʁ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ ɛdɡaʁ də ɡa]; 19 July 1834 – 27 September 1917)...
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    Moulin Rouge, a popular cabaret in the Pigalle district of Paris, near Montmartre. Weber became known as La Goulue because as an adolescent, she was known...
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    Sacré Cœur - located in the district of Montmartre The Montmartre Cemetery - located in the district of Montmartre Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral - Paris's...
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    The Musée de Montmartre (English: Montmartre Museum) is located in Montmartre, at 8-14 rue Cortot in the 18th (XVIII) arrondissement of Paris, France....
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    Coeur de Montmartre (Sacred Heart of Montmartre), commonly known as Sacré-Cœur Basilica and often simply Sacré-Cœur (French: Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre, pronounced...
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    Alexandre Dumas fils (category Burials at Montmartre Cemetery)
    Marly-le-Roi, Yvelines, on 27 November 1895, and was interred in the Montmartre Cemetery in Paris. His grave is some 100 meters away from that of Marie Duplessis...
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  • ballet dancer named Jacqueline Lorrein is murdered in room number 13 of a Montmartre apartment. The inspector tells Bonnet they have a witness report claiming...
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    Catacombs of Paris (category Cemeteries in Paris)
    overflowing cemeteries. Preparation work began shortly after a 1774 series of basement wall collapses around the Holy Innocents' Cemetery added a sense...
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    Léon Foucault (category Burials at Montmartre Cemetery)
    multiple sclerosis on 11 February 1868 in Paris and was buried in the Montmartre Cemetery. The asteroid 5668 Foucault was named for him. His is one of the...
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    Saint-Vincent Cemetery was opened on January 5, 1831. It was Montmartre's second cemetery, built after the Cimetière du Calvaire had been filled. Marcel...
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    Heinrich Heine (category Burials at Montmartre Cemetery)
    He died on 17 February 1856 and was interred in the Paris Cimetière de Montmartre. His tomb was designed by Danish sculptor Louis Hasselriis. It includes...
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    Hector Berlioz (category Burials at Montmartre Cemetery)
    had two romantic interludes. During 1862 he met – probably in the Montmartre Cemetery – a young woman less than half his age, whose first name was Amélie...
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    Picpus Cemetery (French: Cimetière de Picpus, [pik.pys]) is the largest private cemetery in Paris, France, located in the 12th arrondissement. It was...
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    Renée Jeanne Falconetti (category Burials at Montmartre Cemetery)
    having become significantly overweight. Her remains are interred at Montmartre Cemetery in Paris, section 16 (her grave site is not listed on official maps)...
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    Adolphe Sax (category Burials at Montmartre Cemetery)
    was interred in section 5 (Avenue de Montebello) at the Cimetière de Montmartre in Paris. Other invented instruments Saxotromba Saxhorn Saxtuba 6-piston...
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    Émile Zola (category Burials at Montmartre Cemetery)
    discovered Dreyfus to be guilty. Zola was initially buried in the Cimetière de Montmartre in Paris, but on 4 June 1908, just five years and nine months after his...
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    François Truffaut (category Burials at Montmartre Cemetery)
    said to have numerous further films in preparation. He is buried in Montmartre Cemetery. TV writer (Posthumous releases) Academy Awards BAFTA Awards Berlin...
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    Marie Duplessis (category Burials at Montmartre Cemetery)
    her belongings were auctioned off to pay her debts. Her funeral in Montmartre Cemetery in Paris was attended by hundreds of people. Dumas' 1848 romantic...
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    Lili Boulanger (category Burials at Montmartre Cemetery)
    Marie-Juliette Olga "Lili" Boulanger (French: [maʁi ʒyljɛt lili bulɑ̃ʒe] ; 21 August 1893 – 15 March 1918) was a French composer and the first female winner...
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    André-Marie Ampère (category Burials at Montmartre Cemetery)
    André-Marie Ampère (UK: /ˈɒ̃pɛər, ˈæmpɛər/, US: /ˈæmpɪər/, French: [ɑ̃dʁe maʁi ɑ̃pɛʁ]; 20 January 1775 – 10 June 1836) was a French physicist and mathematician...
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    Véra Clouzot (category Burials at Montmartre Cemetery)
    Tahiti but returned to France in December 1961. She is buried in the Montmartre Cemetery in Paris. "Recordando Gilberto Amado". Brasil 247 (in Portuguese)...
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    Charles Fourier (category Burials at Montmartre Cemetery)
    François Marie Charles Fourier (/ˈfʊrieɪ, -iər/; French: [ʃaʁl fuʁje]; 7 April 1772 – 10 October 1837) was a French philosopher, an influential early socialist...
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    Hippodrome Cemeteries Montmartre Cemetery Montparnasse Cemetery Passy Cemetery Père Lachaise Cemetery Oscar Wilde's tomb Picpus Cemetery Région parisienne...
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    Hippodrome Cemeteries Montmartre Cemetery Montparnasse Cemetery Passy Cemetery Père Lachaise Cemetery Oscar Wilde's tomb Picpus Cemetery Région parisienne...
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