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Paris in Mourning | The Ghosts of Père Lachaise, Paris
Join host Kristin as The Grim unlatches the rusted gate of Père Lachaise — Paris's most iconic necropolis, where over 3.5 million visitors a year wander among crumbling angels, marble crypts, and the restless dead of centuries past.
Established in 1804 under Napoleon's order on land once belonging to the confessor of King Louis XIV, Père Lachaise began as a practical solution to a city overrun by its own dead. Architect Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart designed its tree-lined avenues in the style of classical gardens, while urban planner Nicolas Frochot filled its early emptiness with a clever…
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