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The Anglican St. James Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in Toronto still in operation. The cemetery was opened in July 1844 for the burial of people professing the Anglican faith.
At that time most of the city’s population of 18,000 lived south of Queen Street West and the cemetery’s present location during that era must have been regarded as being outside city limits. The cemetery was necessary as the burial ground around the cathedral itself, in use since 1797, was out of room.
Recognizing the growing trend towards cremation throughout the world, a crematorium was added in 1948. To date over 89,000 interments and 75,000 cremations have taken place at the cemetery.
The entrance to the cemetery is located at the intersection of Bloor and Parliament Streets, overlooking the Don River ravine. Just to the west is the St. James Town neighbourhood, which is named after the cemetery.
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Cimetière du Montparnasse is arguably one of the most visited cemetery in the world. It is the eternal home to many France’s intellectual and artistic elites. Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Samuel Beckett, Susan Sontag, Brassaï, Man Ray and Eric Rohmer are amongst some of the famous names you can find here.
Started back in 1824, Cimetière du Montparnasse was designed by Napoleon and it is divided into the new and the old sections. The site occupied 45 acres and it contains many interesting tombs, statues and head stones. Located at the heart of Paris, Cimetière du Montparnasse is flanked by Cimetière de Montmartre in the north and Cimetière du Père-Lachaise in the east.
(Tomb of Charles Pigeon (1838–1915), engineer, inventor and manufacturer)
