At the central roundabout, a large sculpted monument shows figures advancing towards an opening. What does this opening represent?
The answer
Albert Bartholémé's Monument to the Dead, unveiled in 1899, shows a crowd of men and women crossing a dark doorway, alone and unclothed before it. Below, a reclining couple and a glow of light: here, death is a passage rather than an end.
This question belongs to the “The Strange and the Paranormal” series of the Père-Lachaise quiz: ten questions, a story behind every right answer.