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Memento mori
The past is ever-present in Paris, and so are the dead. I don’t know of another city in which so many of the top tourist sites are in some way memorials to those who have gone before. There is the … Continue reading
Posted in Paris history, Paris popular culture
Tagged Charles Meryon, CPR Annie, Haussmann, Institut médico-légal, L'Inconnue de la Seine, La Morgue, Le Journal Illustre, Les Invalides, Man Ray, Paris Catacombs, Paris cemeteries, Pere Lachaise Cemetery, Quai de l'Archevêché, Rescue Annie, Thomas Cook
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