Now adjoining the crematorium, the columbarium at Père-Lachaise holds the ashes of several thousand deceased in small individual niches. What is this type of funerary niche called?
The answer
Built as an extension of the crematorium from the 1890s onwards, the columbarium at Père-Lachaise contains thousands of individual cinerary niches, each able to hold one or more urns. It is today one of the largest columbaria in France.
This question belongs to the “Funerary Art” series of the Père-Lachaise quiz: ten questions, a story behind every right answer.