Roots EarthParis, France
Montparnasse Cemetery
The great cemetery of the Left Bank, opened in 1824 on former farmland in the 14th arrondissement. Among its 35,000 graves lie Sartre and Beauvoir, Baudelaire, Beckett and Serge Gainsbourg, whose tomb is piled with metro tickets.
What the app adds
Roots Earth has a longer story for Montparnasse Cemetery, with a choice of female or male voice. Download the city audio to listen offline. No account is needed.
Location
Coordinates: 48.83806, 2.32694