Cemetery in Paris, France
Passy Cemetery (French :Cimetière de Passy ) is a smallcemetery inPassy , in the16th arrondissement of Paris , France.
The current cemetery replaced the old cemetery (l'ancien cimetière communal de Passy , located on Rue Lekain), which was closed in 1802.[citation needed
In the early 19th century, on the orders ofNapoleon I , Emperor of the French, all the cemeteries in Paris were replaced by severallarge new ones outside the precincts of the capital.Montmartre Cemetery was built in the north,Père Lachaise Cemetery in the east, andMontparnasse Cemetery in the south.
Opened in 1820 in the expensive residential and commercial districts of theRight Bank near theChamps-Élysées necropolis of Paris. It is the only cemetery in Paris to have a heated waiting-room.
The cemetery was once the home of a statue byDunikowski titledThe Soul Escaping the Body . It was on top of the ceremonial grave ofAntoni Cierplikowski . The statue was known by many but was removed when the grave was cleared in 2004.[ 1]
The current entrance (designed by René Berger) was built in 1934. The retaining wall of the cemetery is adorned with abas relief (by Louis Janthial) commemorating the soldiers who fell inWorld War I .[citation needed
The entrance of the cemetery is located at 2, Rue du Commandant Schlœsing. The street in which it is situated is named for aFree French pilot, Squadron LeaderJacques-Henri Schlœsing (1919–1944), who flew with the wartime RAF until killed in action, the day that Paris was liberated.
The cemetery is behind theTrocadéro .
Sheltered by a bower ofchestnut trees, the cemetery is in the shadow of theEiffel Tower .
Among its more famous burials are:
Bảo Đại (1913–1997), the last Emperor ofVietnam Natalie Clifford Barney (1876–1972), Notable author, salonist and lesbian socialite of theBelle Époque Jean-Louis Barrault (1910–1994), actor and director; buried with his wife, the actressMadeleine Renaud Louis-Ernest Barrias (1841–1905), sculptorJeanne Julia Bartet (1854–1941), actressMarie Bashkirtseff (1858–1884), Ukrainian painter famous for her published journal; her tomb is a recreation of her studio and has been declared a historical monument by the government of FranceMaurice Bellonte (1896–1983), pioneering aviator, as is his flight companionDieudonné Costes James Gordon Bennett Jr. (1848–1918), American newspaper publisher, sportsmanTristan Bernard (1866–1947), playwright and novelistHenri Bernstein (1876–1953), actorJacques-Emile Blanche (1861-1942), painterEsprit Blanche (1796-1852), psychiatrist and grandfather of painter Jacques-Emile Blanche.Isabella Eugénie Boyer (1841–1904), French-American model and heiressPrincess Brasova (Natalia Sheremetyev-Romanov) (1880–1952), wife ofGrand Duke Mikhail Romanov George, Count Brasov (1910–1931), son ofGrand Duke Mikhail Romanov andPrincess Brasova (Natalia Sheremetyev-Romanov)Emmanuel de Las Cases (1766–1842), historianLouis Castex (1896–1968), aviator, politician, resistance fighterDieudonné Costes (1896–1973), pioneering aviator, as is his flight companionMaurice Bellonte Emmanuelle de Dampierre (1913–2012), first wife ofInfante Jaime, Duke of Segovia Marcel Dassault (1892–1986), engineer, founder ofDassault Aviation Claude Debussy (1862–1918), composerMaxime Dethomas (1867–1929), artistGhislaine Dommanget (1900–1991), Princess ofMonaco Michel Droit (1923–2000), novelist, member of theAcadémie française Henry Farman (1874–1958), champion cyclist and aviatorEdgar Faure (1908–1988), statesman and World War IIresistance fighterGabriel Fauré (1845–1924), composerFernandel (Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin) (1903–1971), comedy actorMaurice Gamelin (1872–1958), supreme commander of French armed forces 1939–1940Maurice Genevoix (1890–1980), novelist; his remains were transferred to thePanthéon in 2020Rosemonde Gérard (1871–1953), poet and playwrightVirgil Gheorghiu , (1916–1992), novelistFarideh Ghotbi (also known as Farideh Diba) (1921–2000), the mother of the formerShahbanu of Iran,Farah Diba [ 2] [ 3] Jean Giraudoux (1882–1944), playwright, soldier, and statesmanHubert de Givenchy (1927–2018), fashion designerAnna Gould (1878–1961), socialite, daughter of financierJay Gould ArletteGueudet (1919–2012), widow of industrialist Robert Gueudet Jacques Guerlain (1874–1963), perfume creator from the House "Guerlain " in ParisAntonio Guzmán Blanco (1829–1899), Venezuelan politician and presidentGabriel Hanotaux (1853–1944), statesman and historianHenriette Henriot (1857–1944), actress and artist's modelPaul Hervieu (1857–1915), dramatist and novelistGholam Hossein Jahanshahi (1920–2005), economist, Iranian statesmanJeanne Hugo (1869–1941), socialite and granddaughter ofVictor Hugo Jacques Ibert (1890–1962), composerPaul Landowski (1875–1961), architect and sculptorHector Lefuel (1810–1880), architect of the "Nouveau Louvre " expansion of theLouvre Palace [ 4] Joseph Florimond Loubat (1831–1927), bibliophile, antiquarian, sportsman, and philanthropistAlbéric Magnard (1865–1914), composerGeorges Mandel (1885–1944), statesman, French Resistance during World War IIÉdouard Manet (1832–1883),realist andimpressionist painterAndré Messager (1853–1929), composer and conductorAlexandre Millerand (1859–1943), President of FranceOctave Mirbeau (1848–1917), anarchist, art critic, and novelistBerthe Morisot (1841–1895),impressionist painterTogrul Narimanbekov (1930–2013),Azerbaijani painterJoseph O'Kelly (1828–1885),Henri O'Kelly sr. (1859–1938), and Henri O'Kelly jr. (1881–1922), Franco-Irish composers and musiciansLeila Pahlavi (1970–2001), Princess Leila of Iran, daughter of the lastShah of Iran andFarah Diba [ 2] [ 3] Gabrielle Réjane (1856–1920), actressMadeleine Renaud (1900–1994), actress; buried with her husband, the actor and directorJean-Louis Barrault Marcel Renault (1872–1903), industrialist, racing driver, co-founder ofRenault motor companyMaurice Rostand (1891–1968), playwrightConstantin Rozanoff (1905–1954), colonel, test pilotNicolas Skorsky (1952–2014), composer, lyricist, and music producerHaroun Tazieff (1914–1998),vulcanologist Renée Vivien (1877–1909), writer, poetPearl White (1889–1938), Americansilent film star, famous for doing her own stunts in her serialsThe Perils of Pauline Jean-Pierre Wimille (1908–1949), Grand Prix race driverGrave of
Bảo Đại , last Emperor of Vietnam
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