The Secret Life of a Cemetery, by Benoit Gallot, highlights Pere Lachaise, Paris’s famed cemetery, known for its notable graves and "tombstone tourism." With around 10,000 daily visitors, the cemetery houses the graves of renowned figures like Jim Morrison and Oscar Wilde. Gallot, its head conservator, shares quirky facts and addresses myths surrounding the site, while emphasizing its primary purpose as a resting place for the deceased and a source of comfort for the bereaved amid growing tourism concerns.
Gallot reminds us sternly that although Pere-Lachaise is tantalizing for sightseers, its primary raison d'etre is as a working cemetery, a place of comfort for the bereaved.
Pere Lachaise is a five-star hotel for all eternity, with about 10,000 visitors a day seeking the graves of 4,500 notable figures.
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