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  • Arrondissement de Ménilmontant
  • Access: Métro 1, 2, 3, 9, 11
  • Population ≈ 198042 residents
  • Safe for travelers
  • Sights: Cimetière du Père-Lachaise, Chapelle du Père-Lachaise, Maison de l'Air, Parc de Belleville

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In this part of Paris you will not find many tourist attractions except the world-famous cemetery Père Lachaise.
Also worth mentioning the Belleville’s scenic park that offers a unique panorama of Paris.

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Cimetière du Père-Lachaise, Boulevard de Ménilmontant (Métro: Père-Lachaise). Père Lachaise is one of the world’s most popular cemeteries. It is so large and vast that you will need a map to explore it (it is given free of charge at the entrance).
In this cemetery, many famous writers, poets, composers, painters, sculptors, actors, singers, political and military leaders, philosophers and scientists have been buried in ornate burial monuments.
Among the people buried in the Père-Lachaise Cemetery are: Frédéric Chopin, Sarah Bernhardt, Edith Piaf, Oscar Wilde, Eugene Delacroix, Marcel Proust, Honore de Balzac, Molière and Jim Morrison .

Parc de Belleville (Métro: Couronnes). A picturesque park situated on the hill of Belleville, with a unique view of Paris.

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With the Paris Pass, you have free access to all of Paris’s major museums and attractions.

The list includes more than 60 museums, and one bus tour in Paris. Along with the Paris Pass you will receive a card Paris Visite for your transportation to Paris, maps and a travel guide.