Montparnasse Cemetery

This cemetery opened in July 1824. Covering an area of 19 hectares, it is the second-largest cemetery within the city limits of Paris. This “Southern Cemetery” is the final resting place of many political figures, such as Jacques Chirac, former President of the French Republic, and Simone Veil, a former minister, as well as numerous artists (Charles Baudelaire, Serge Gainsbourg, Camille Saint-Saëns, and others).