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Cimitiere du Montparnasse
In olden times, this area of Montparnasse was known for its flour mills and the exact location of the cemetery was actually acres of farmland that was bought for burying purposes in the 18th century. It is also one of the largest green spaces in Paris and has a number of beautiful tree species like limes, ash, maple, and conifers.
Practical Information
Address:
3 boulevard Edgard Quinet
75014 Paris
Metro:
Raspail
Stories about Cimitiere du Montparnasse
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A Visit to the Cimetiere Montparnasse
By Maria Shpolberg
Last Updated ( Monday, 07 April 2008 )
Call me morbid, but on my first day in
Paris
I wanted to pay my respects to the luminaries who had made
Paris
the City of
Light.
The dearest one to me of these was the Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani who
had moved to
Paris
at the age of 22, and died there 14 years later. Tracing my finger on the map
along the Boulevard du Montparnasse where he would have walked, loved, and
lived, I noticed a large green square slightly south of the great boulevard,
labeled simply “Cimetière Montparnasse.”
