Cimetière du Père Lachaise

A visit to Père Lachaise is a full day affair. Without a guide, it may take you roughly an hour to find a single grave. But, to me, it is entirely worth it. To name a few, Modigliani, Chopin, Jimi Hendrix, Sarah Bernhardt, Édith Piaf, Molière, Richard Wright (bring back any ninth grade English class memories?), and Oscar Wilde are buried here. The history of the place is remarkable. Each grave has its own story. Oscar Wilde’s grave is by far the most notable monument in the cemetery. For years, it was tradition to put on lipstick and kiss his grave, which I got to do. People even wrote quotes from his poems and Dorian Gray in lipstick. But, as of last year, the monument was encased in glass to prevent people from vandalizing it. The continual cleaning was destroying the stone.