10 Fascinating Graveyards You Must Visit

Cimetiere du Pere-Lachaise - Paris, France
Arguably the most famous cemetery in the world, the Cimetiere du Pere-Lachaise was opened in 1804. History tells that initially no one was willing to be buried in the Cimetiere du Pere-Lachaise until a campaign was started to promote the cemetery. Later this campaign turned out to be so successful that everyone in France started dreaming of being buried there. Over a million of visitors a year, the Cimetiere du Pere-Lachaise holds some of famous faces that include Marcel Proust, Gertrude Stein, Jim Morrison, Oscar Wilde, Isadora Duncan, Camille Pissarro, Max Ernst, Colette, Frederic Chopin, Sarah Bernhardt, and Honore de Balzac.