The main graves

Who rests at Père-Lachaise?

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Division 10

Berthe de COURRIÈRE

Model, muse and figure of Symbolism · 1852–1916

Clésinger's model, Péladan's muse, she rests with Rémy de Gourmont.

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Division 95

Fabrice EMAER

Founder of the nightclub Le Palace · 1935–1983

“Prince of the Night”: the Pimm's, the Sept, the Palace — and not a penny put by.

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The dolmen of Allan Kardec, Division 44 of Père-Lachaise
Division 44

Allan KARDEC

Founder of Spiritism · 1804–1869

The most flower-strewn dolmen in the cemetery, and the strangest meeting place in Père-Lachaise.

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Division 3

Marie-Anne LENORMAND

Fortune-teller · 1772–1843

She told the future to Joséphine, Robespierre and Marat — and died a millionaire.

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Division 70

Gaëtan LEYMARIE

Editor of La Revue Spirite · 1817–1901

Convicted of “spiritist fraud” in 1875 — one year in prison.

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Division 24

Father Hyacinthe (Hyacinthe LOYSON)

Preacher, known as “Father Hyacinthe” · 1827–1912

A Discalced Carmelite turned husband and founder of a Church: his ashes and his wife's in a single urn.

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Division 94

Bonne Maman

Spiritualist writer and philosopher · 1821–1908

Widowed, she sought her husband in the beyond — and became the grandmother of Parisian spiritualism.

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Division 93

PAPUS (Gérard Encausse)

Physician and occultist · 1865–1916

This physician was the magus consulted by the court of Tsar Nicholas II.

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Division 41

Marie REGNAULT, known as Régine de Montille

Courtesan of the Second Empire · 1847–1887

Her death, in 1887, kept the French press in suspense for more than a month.

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Division 8

Étienne-Gaspard ROBERTSON

Physicist and showman of phantasmagoria · 1763–1837

He made Marat and Robespierre appear before terrified audiences.

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