Picpus Cemetery

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Description:

Picpus Cemetery Paris, a rare private cemetery and the last resting place of a hero of the American Revolution and victims of the French Revolution. The cemetery contains the isolated burial of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, a French aristocrat and General.

Address:

35 Rue de Picpus , 75012 , Paris , 75-Paris , Ile-de-France , France

The entrance to the cemetery is at 35 rue de Picpus in the 12th arrondissement. After crossing the first iron gate, there is the first courtyard with the Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix Chapel that pays homage to the guillotine victims. The cemetery is behind the chapel, hidden by a second fence.

Source of information: worldinparis.com

Map reference (click on pin to see Lat/Long):

48.844000 2.400100 35 Rue de Picpus

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