Picpus Cemetery
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Picpus Cemetery

Also known as Cimetière de Picpus

Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France

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  • Get directions 35, rue de Picpus
    Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France 75012 France
    Coordinates: 48.84403, 2.40008
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Metro: Picpus
opened: Tue-Sun, 2-6pm;
closed during August

Picpus Cemetery (French: Cimetière de Picpus) is the largest private cemetery in Paris, France, located in the 12th arrondissement. It was created from land seized from the convent of the Chanoinesses de St-Augustin, during the French Revolution. Just minutes away from where the guillotine was set up, it contains 1,306 victims executed between 14 June and 27 July 1794, during the height of the Reign of Terror. Today only descendants of those 1,306 victims are eligible to be buried at Picpus Cemetery.



Metro: Picpus
opened: Tue-Sun, 2-6pm;
closed during August

Picpus Cemetery (French: Cimetière de Picpus) is the largest private cemetery in Paris, France, located in the 12th arrondissement. It was created from land seized from the convent of the Chanoinesses de St-Augustin, during the French Revolution. Just minutes away from where the guillotine was set up, it contains 1,306 victims executed between 14 June and 27 July 1794, during the height of the Reign of Terror. Today only descendants of those 1,306 victims are eligible to be buried at Picpus Cemetery.



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  • Added: 22 Jul 2001
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