Category Archives: Paris cemeteries

A city built on air

Posted on September 13, 2015 by Parisian Fields

A few years ago, we found this postcard in a street market, showing a sinkhole in the Place Saint-Augustin. What on earth (or under the earth) had happened during the storm of June 15, 1914? We found one account in … Continue reading →

Posted in Paris cemeteries, Paris civic functions, Paris history, Paris maps, Paris streets | Tagged Antoine Dupont, Barrière d’Enfer, Catacombs, Charles-Axel Guillaumot, Cimetière des Saints Innocents, Cimetière Sainte-Catherine, Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, Feuillants des Anges Gardiens, Graham Robb, Gypsum, Inspectorate General Service of Quarries, Limestone, Louis XIV, Mouth of Hell, Place Saint-Augustin, Plan de Jaillot, Quarries, Rue d’Enfer, rue Denfert-Rochereau, Storm of 15 June 1914, underground Paris | 2 Comments

An artist finds life among the tombs

Posted on November 10, 2013 by Parisian Fields

When I look at Pamela Williams’s photographs of sculptures, I feel I am seeing real people. This photo, which she calls “Glance,” was taken in 2010 in Passy Cemetery. It is so realistic, one almost does a double-take. The once-lustrous … Continue reading →

Posted in Paris art, Paris cemeteries | Tagged Death Divine, Margaret Laurence, McClelland and Stewart, Montmartre Cemetery, Pamela Williams, Passy Cemetery, Père Lachaise, Permanent Parisians, Petit Palais, Randall Robertson, Robert Didsbury | 7 Comments

Stained Glass Less Seen

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Parisian Fields

Paris’s many churches are treasure troves of spectacular, often monumental, stained glass windows. The cemeteries of Paris have stained glass windows too, but these are small, less visible, and easily overlooked except by those who walk slowly and peer through … Continue reading →