The mathematician Gaspard Monge rests beneath a mausoleum whose style stands out sharply in the cemetery. What style is it?
The answer
Erected by his students from the École Polytechnique, this mausoleum is decorated with an Egyptian winged globe encircled by serpents and a lotus flower, in memory of the Egyptian campaign in which Monge took part alongside Bonaparte.
This question belongs to the “Unusual Stories” series of the Père-Lachaise quiz: ten questions, a story behind every right answer.