3. Pere-Lachaise Cemetery - Paris
Père Lachaise Cemetery is the largest cemetery in the city of Paris. It was opened on 21 May 1804. During the time of the opening, the cemetery was considered to be located too far from the city and attracted small number of funerals. At the same time a lot of Roman Catholics rejected to have their graves in a place that had not been blessed by the Church. The very first person buried there was a five-year-old girl called Adélaïde Paillard de Villeneuve, the daughter of a door bell-boy of the Faubourg St. Antoine. Her grave no longer can be found since the plot was not a permanent concession.
People who have visited Père Lachaise often talk about the ghosts they have experienced along the shady cobblestone paths.
One story mentions Marcel Proust and Maurice Ravel. The pair were a loving couple in life. It is said they rise after dark from their graves and go in search of each other. Adolphe Thiers who was the prime minister under King Louis-Phillippe in the 19th century is told to “tug” on peoples clothes when they approach too close to his grave.
The Doors lead singer Jim Morrison is frequently viewed roaming near his grave. His grave was almost the victim of the cemeteries “rent” policy when families that have decreased family members close to his grave gathered together when the Morrison 10 year lease was up and attempted to have him moved they did not succeed.
In addition there are several other experiences of visitors viewing spectral lights, translucent figures as well as other disembodied souls roaming throughout the cemetery.
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