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Why are chrysanthemums the flower of Toussaint in France?

These flowers can be seen all across France at this time of year

Works at French train station uncover Roman-era cemetery

It was found as part of a project to build a new exit at RER B station Gare de Port Royal in Paris

France lockdown: Can I visit a cemetery in another village?

Visits to cemeteries were allowed at the beginning of confinement, but the rules have changed

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Grave of French WW1 soldier killed on Nov 11 has wrong date

Augustin Trébuchon's grave read November 10, but in fact he died just minutes before the bugles sounded on November 11, 1918

Tomb tales restore life to France’s buried past

The cemeteries of France offer more than a brief history of people’s lives, as The Connexion discovers

100 years later, war work goes on

The task of identifying World War One soldiers and giving their remains a dignified burial continues

Toussaint traditions strong even as grave visits fall

Figures show number of young people visiting cemeteries is declining, but sales of traditional flowers remains high

Paris’s necropolis is major tourist attraction

The Cimetière du Père-Lachaise is the final resting place of more than 1million people – including Chopin, Piaf, Morrison, and Wilde. The Connexion tours the tombs.

City puts abandoned tombs up for auction

Roubaix, in the Nord, will sell four sites in its cemeteries in an online auction with prices starting at €1 - but there's a catch...

Graveyard

Why are chrysanthemums the flower of Toussaint in France?

Works at French train station uncover Roman-era cemetery

France lockdown: Can I visit a cemetery in another village?

Grave of French WW1 soldier killed on Nov 11 has wrong date

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Tomb tales restore life to France’s buried past

100 years later, war work goes on

Toussaint traditions strong even as grave visits fall

Paris’s necropolis is major tourist attraction

City puts abandoned tombs up for auction

Eco graveyard flourishing in face of high burial costs