Tomb of Serge Gainsbourg

Un lieu sobre et émouvant pour rendre hommage à un grand artiste. La tombe est bien entretenue et souvent fleurie par des admirateurs. On sent l’importance culturelle et musicale qu’il a laissée. Une halte touchante pour ceux qui aiment son œuvre.

A ne pas manquer lors de votre visite du cimetière

Moment de recueillement pour un génie des mots et de la musique. Penser à laisser une cigarette et une bonne ticket de métro validé en hommage du poinconneur des Lilas. Heureux de voir qu'il y a toujours des gens qui ne l on pas oublié et se rappelle le sens de l immense héritage qu il nous a légué. Toujours un peu de tristesse et de émotion. RIP

Une tombe a son image. Grand monsieur.

🕯🪦Tombe de Serge Gainsbourg Son souvenir est connu et continu à y voir les petits gestes et messages sur sa tombe.. Éternel Serge, sa maison est désormais ouverte au public, rue de Vernueil, Paris. Grâce à sa fille, Charlotte.

Pas dégueu mon p’tit gars ❤️

Émouvant d'être devant Ginsbar.

Pensez au ticket de métro

One of the major cemeteries in Paris - we visited this afternoon on our last day in town. We entered from the Gaîté entrance and oriented ourselves using a map at the entrance. The missus wanted to visit the grave of the important oncologist Gustave Roussy, I wanted to visit the most famous one - Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir. We strolled around, trying to find these graves, thinking about loved ones that are no longer with us, and enjoying the serenity in the heart of Paris. The simple graves with fresh flowers touched me the most, the opulent but untended ones the least. Glad we came.

I couldn't leave Paris without seeing at least one Cemetary. This was on my walk back towards my hotel after visiting the catacombs! I took the opportunity on a cool fall day to pay my respects. Really,fabulous old Cemetary in the historic area of Paris.

Another Famous Cemetery on our list of places to visit when we were in Paris. What an adventure this turned out to be. My daughter took beautiful photos with her Nikon. I took one of Sarte's Grave. I'm not sure if you can access a map of the significant graves on line. When we went we received a brochure that provided a map. First we decided the graves we wanted to visit. Afterwards we planned a strategy so we didn't waste time running all over the cemetery. Amazingly this worked really well for us. We came, saw, and moved on to our next adventure! I highly recommend if you love to visit cemeteries like we do.

This is a must stop if you are staying nearby in Paris and if you are further away, it's still worth the visit. Stop and get a plan beforehand if you are interested in seeing the celebrity graves. Otherwise just soak in the amazing architecture and sculpture. How emotional to see a lifesize angel atop the grave of a small infant 200 years later and to feel the sadness.

Beautiful cemetery with some of the more famous people known to have been buried in Paris laid to rest here. I was very pleased to spot Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir's graves here as well as Baudelaire's among others. The cemetery has so many family plots and a nice map at its entrances that you can use to find some of the more famous graves. The stone work is impressive. If I had had more time, and if it were not quite as hotly oppressive of a day I would have stayed longer and browsed more of the beautiful grounds of this cemetery... but time is short and so we left to search for other things to do that afternoon.

It feels totally morbid for me to review a cemetery, but Cimetière du Montparnasse was an absolute must-visit on my Paris trip. I had to pay homage to French pop legend Serge Gainsbourg, whose music has become some of my favorite for setting the scene on lazy Sunday mornings or romantic evenings with my love. And don't even get me started on the man's legendary lineup of famous French women - Gainsbourg was clearly genius in more ways than one. The cemetery is large enough to require maps, which you can pick up at a couple different entry points surrounding the grounds. There are many famous people buried there, but we just had one to visit. We paid our respects, soaked in the sun on a peaceful walk, and were gone just as soon as we arrived.

Beautiful cemetery dating back to the 1800s. There are thousands of headstones here and it's really amazing to see. You can also fill up a watering can at the front and water the flowers and plants that rest on the graves of those past.

Beautiful Cemetery :) Less obvious things: - Artists set up along Boulevard Edgar Quinet - There is a good Monoprix at Boulevard Edgar Quinet and Rue de Depart - Poincaré is near "Porte 5" in "Division 16." There is also a WC near this spot

I can't resist a beautiful cemetery and this one definitely has been worth every visit. Yes, I have been often. The incredible monuments, headstones and statues are artistically amazing running the gamut of so many different styles, from classic to art deco. Just absolutely breathtaking. For a cemetery buff, its an amazing place to wander. So many well known modern names rest here, such as Lacoste & Citroën - if you don't recognize those two names you definitely have been living under a rock. Aside from the well known there are no less important statesmen, poets, artists and others. Its a very beautiful place with incredible statues, one so poignantly sad with the pain so visible on the angels face it literally had tears running down our faces. Ok, having just arrived and have been up for almost 24 hours straight might have helped but it is no less touching.

Dear Jim; Sorry sport. Buried in the "Poet's Corner". People come from all over the world to deface your final resting place. Stole your headstone, defaced Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde's (the Irish poet and playwright's) grave. The End; Never ends in this case. There was talk of moving Morrison's grave due to all the vandalism. What a mess. If possible bring Jim some Irish Whisky, and pour him a shot. Pay no attention to the French Police stationed at the location, just there to prevent Civil Disobedience, theft, and vandalism. So if you go to pay respects to Jim and the others in poet's corner, enjoy, but what a drag; That's no way to behave at a .......

Believe it or not, this cemetery was one of my favorite spots in Paris; not just because there lied the beloved Sartre and his beloved Simone but because it was a very peaceful place to be with one's own thoughts. I remember spending a whole day of peace and quite sitting on a bench, walking around, thinking about all the people resting in peace there. The cemetery has a beautiful landscaping and is very nicely mapped out so that by following through the instructions you get to visit many famously known residents of Cimetiere du Montparnasse. It might not be as famous or as frequently visited as Pere Lachaise but it is most certainly a must-see.

Presidents, Writers, Artists, Actresses and obscenely wealthy families. These monuments are simply amazing, and every tombstone tells a different story, it is actually quite fascinating to read some of the words on these mausoleums. Some die old, some die very young, but the stories are all compelling and dramatic, especially because you only have limited information, so you sort of have to make up the rest of the story in your mind, and that can be mesmerizing. This place is a must visit whenever we come to Paris, it is simply unique.

I just love this quiet grave of Sartre & de Beauvoir honouring two of the most important writers in the french language & their particular & special love relationship. As a complete contrast, see the grave of Charles Baudelaire or the Pigeon Family mausoleum pictured. Having said all that,in my view this cemetery is not as interesting as either Montmartre or Pere Lachaise in Paris

Expansive and impressively well-kept cemetery in Montparnasse, that is a bit of a who's-who of famous French people. Sartre, Citreon, Serge Gainsbourg, and Larousse to name a few. It's not all French though - Jim Morrison isn't here, but Samuel Beckett is. The family tombs are generally huge, like mini-churches some of them, nothing like a cemetery in the UK. I wonder how much a new plot goes for?!

Beautiful and quiet place to wander and reflect away from the crowds. And if you're in the 14th in summer, a good place to catch a refreshing breeze!

It's kind of weird to be reviewing a cemetery as a tourist attraction, but I'm glad I wandered in because it was one of my favorite spots during my short visit to Paris. I never intended to visit Cimetière du Montparnasse. I made my way to the Catacombs and saw the incredibly long line. Since I was only in Paris for three days and it was now the middle of day two, I didn't want to spend 2 hours of it waiting in line. I pulled out my trusty guidebook (really helpful when you don't have an international data plan for your smartphone) and saw that Cimetière du Montparnasse was not a far walk away. I made my way there and wandered in. It was a peaceful Friday afternoon in mid-April. I loved walking through the Jewish section looking at the ornate and plain mausoleums and grave markers as I have never really seen Jewish graves before. I didn't recognize many of the names, but there are some famous ones that many people will recognize like Sarte, Simone de Beauvoir, and Charles Baudelaire. It is a wonderful place to walk around, reflect and enjoy (and appreciate!) life.

The little brother of Pere Lachaise. Not as many famous folks are lying here, but is still a nicely laid out Parisian cemetery where many of the artists and writers of the Montparnasse scene are buried. It is also a short walk between the Catacombs and the Montparnasse Tower.

We stayed too late one night in the Jewish section searching for the grave of an obscure Maquisard we had heard about, when the authorities locked the doors. Fortunately, we found a handful of others, likewise stranded, waiting in the gathering darkness inside the south gate. A half-hour later, the old gatekeeper showed up and let us out. It was a bit spooky. As for the cemetery, it is a bit too organized and uniform for our taste. After all, Sartre, de Beauvoir, and the rest were never defined by their corporeal existences. So to borrow from Gertrude Stein: a grave is a grave is a grave. Unless you visit Pere Lachaise, one of the wildest and wooliest cemeteries in Paris or anywhere.

When my friend suggested we go check out a cemetery while we were in Paris, I thought she was crazy. All I wanted to do was stuff myself with cheese, bread, crepes, and fancy pastries. I am so glad she dragged me here because it was actually pretty cool! Sure I didn't know a lot or really any of the names of the people buried there but it was still fun. All the graves are unique and interesting, and some will make you feel like you're walking around on the set of buffy.

After visiting Pierre la chaise cemetry i was expecting to be a little dissapointed with this one. But it was just as beautiful in a gothic kind of way.It was opened in 1824 and many parisians are intered here. It is divided into blocks so easy to get around. Satre and de beauvoir lie here as well as Serge gainsbourg. There are some lovely sculptures and tombs here too.

it is indeed a beautiful place to wander and you can find everyone from gisele freund to wealthy jewish families whose plots were amazing-and surprising to me since i thought that given the attitude of the french toward the jews, they would be restricted to burial in jewish cemeteries. not so. and there are amaziing tombs, tombstones, etc-the grounds are very well maintained and it is wonderful to just wander around and see whom you can see.

Crowded cemetery with guards at every entrance. Not sure why exactly, but if you enjoy the art a cemetery provides, this is a good one to visit. They also have bathrooms. They have a list at the entrances of who is buried and occupations, but I couldn't find anybody that I could point out. A former president of Mexico perhaps?

It's weird to rate a cemetery. I came here to find Beckett but couldn't find him. The map they have in the cemetery and my guidebook weren't helpful at all. We poked around for about half an hour and left. A tour here wouldn't be a bad idea. Otherwise, if you want to find someone but don't have hours to spend looking, do yourself a favor and skip it.

Very interesting cemetery - with Sartre and de Beauvoir,de Maupassant, Claude Mauriac et al. When I went, I was able to get a map of the famous graves at the entrance. Maybe it's me, but the area without trees seems a bit eerie. It is well maintained though.