I Love Touring Paris - The Twentieth Arrondissement

The 20th district of Paris Nord is located on the right bank of the Seine. Its surface is 2. 3 miles square, or a fragment of less than six square kilometers. The population is over one hundred and four to twenty thousand houses in the neighborhood about fifty-five thousand jobs. The district includes two special districts, and Belleville Ménilmontant discussed below, but let's start with the number of the main tourist attraction of the twentieth, Pere Lachaise, the largest cemetery in Paris and, frankly, is one of the most famous cemeteries the world. This little piece of Paris attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors per year. Although there are several underground stations serving the Pere Lachaise cemetery, many tourists prefer the law of the Gambetta station near the tomb of Oscar Wilde and thence to descend more than one. This property occupies approximately 120 hectares (nearly 50 hectares) and contains several monuments to the dead. This unusual attraction is the name of the Father François de La Chaise, confessor of Louis XIV, who lived in the property are about three hundred years. For health reasons, cemeteries have been banned way back to Paris in 1786. When Pere Lachaise was created by Napoleon in 1804, was far from the city. To drum of residual activity of La Fontaine, Molière and were taken in the same year. Then in 1817, the supposed remains of the famous pair of Abelard and Heloise were buried on the property. In recent years, its population has grown from a few dozen to more than thirty thousand. Today, more than three hundred thousand were buried without counting those who were cremated. The notables who rest here are the French writer Honoré de Balzac, French actress Sarah Bernhardt, the Polish composer Frédéric Chopin, Isadora Duncan American dancer, singer and songwriter Jim Morrison, whose tomb has a security guard full time, so Once the French Resistance leader Jean Moulin, the French singer Edith Piaf, and the Irish writer Oscar Wilde. The 'Wall (Communards) are also located in Pere-Lachaise. This marks the spot where 147 villagers, the last defenders of the working class district of Belleville, were shot in May 1871 effectively marks the end of the Paris Commune. The cemetery and in particular of the wall have been short ends of sanctuary for the French left and many of its leaders are buried nearby. Belleville is a beautiful city meaning working-class district of Paris, located mainly in districts 20 and 19 with some overflow at 10 and 11. It was once an independent town and shown in the fight for the Second Republic in 1848 and the Paris Commune of 1870 to 1871. This area is very colorful and has a large Chinese community. On Tuesdays and Fridays you'll find area farmers to sell their products in an outdoor market on Boulevard de Belleville. Many artists live and work in this area. According to popular legend the unrivaled singer Edith Piaf was born under a lamppost in Belleville. This part of Paris has been featured in numerous films including the 1951 Town of Oro (Gold Cap), The Triplets of Belleville in 2003 and 2007 biography of Piaf, La Vie en Rose (Life Through rose-colored glasses) the name of one of his signature songs. Of course, you will not go to Paris without sampling French wine and food. Let me suggest a sample menu: You can begin Escargot de Bourgogne (snails in parsley butter). For your second course savor Fondue Bourguignonne (meat fondue). And for dessert Enjoy steamed pears in Burgundy (Pears poached in Burgundy wine). Its Paris sommelier (wine steward) will be happy to suggest appropriate wines to accompany each dish.