Picpus Cemetery

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Picpus Cemetery is a private burial ground in Paris, France, best known as the resting place of victims of the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror and several notable historical figures.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cemetery
accessPolicy private
associatedWithEvent French Revolution
Reign of Terror
burialPlaceOf Adrienne de La Fayette
French Revolution guillotine victims
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
Jean Lannes (cenotaph)
Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette
members of French aristocratic families
victims of the Reign of Terror
commemorates victims of the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror
coordinateLocation 48.846°N 2.401°E
country France
hasAccess entrance fee required
hasCapacity approximately 1,300 individual graves
hasCulturalSignificance symbol of remembrance for revolutionary violence
hasMemorial American flag over Lafayette’s grave
hasNearbyPublicTransport Nation metro station
hasPart chapel
garden
individual family plots
mass grave of guillotine victims
memorial to the victims of the Terror
hasVisitorAttractionType historic site
tourist attraction in Paris
heritageDesignation Monument historique (France)
heritageDesignationDate 1998
inception 1794
languageOfOfficialName French
locatedIn 12th arrondissement of Paris
Paris
locatedNear Place de la Nation
locatedOn Rue de Picpus
maintainedBy religious association
notableFor grave of Marquis de Lafayette
graves of French Revolution victims
largest private cemetery in Paris
numberOfMassGraves 2
numberOfVictimsInMassGraves over 1,300
officialName Cimetière de Picpus
openToPublic yes
ownedBy Association du Cimetière de Picpus
religion Roman Catholicism
significantEvent burials of victims from the Place du Trône-Renversé guillotine
usedFor Catholic burials

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Lucile Desmoulins placeOfBurial Picpus Cemetery
Quartier de Picpus knownFor Picpus Cemetery
Picpus neighborhood hasLandmark Picpus Cemetery
Adrienne de La Fayette burialPlace Picpus Cemetery
Malesherbes burialPlace Picpus Cemetery
Tomb of Marquis de Lafayette locatedIn Picpus Cemetery
Tomb of Marquis de Lafayette partOf Picpus Cemetery mass grave and burial grounds
linked to: Picpus Cemetery
Tomb of Marquis de Lafayette maintainedBy Picpus Cemetery administration
linked to: Picpus Cemetery
Bel-Air metro station near Picpus Cemetery