Grave of Chaptal
Grave of Chaptal is a tomb in Paris, Île-de-France. Grave of Chaptal is situated nearby to Oscar Wilde’s tomb, as well as near the tomb Grave of Galipaux.Photo: MaximeLM, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Père Lachaise Cemetery and Oscar Wilde’s tomb.
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Photo: Connie Ma, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The 20th arrondissement of Paris lies to the east of the centre and represents an old working-class area now in rapid transformation. The main drawing card here for tourists is the Père-Lachaise Cemetery, though, for travellers who are interested in music and culture, this relatively gritty area is probably going to be one of your main night-crawling areas. Père Lachaise Cemetery is situated 310 metres west of Grave of Chaptal.
Oscar Wilde’s tomb
Tomb
Oscar Wilde's tomb is located in Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France. It took nine to ten months to complete by the sculptor Jacob Epstein, with an accompanying plinth by Charles Holden and an inscription carved by Joseph Cribb.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include 20th arrondissement and Saint-Blaise.
20th arrondissement
The 20th arrondissement of Paris lies to the east of the centre and represents an old working-class area now in rapid transformation. The main drawing card here for tourists is the Père-Lachaise Cemetery, though, for travellers who are interested in music and culture, this relatively gritty area is probably going to be one of your main night-crawling areas.
Charonne quarter
Suburb
Photo: Mbzt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Charonne quarter is an area of the 20th arrondissement of Paris named after a former municipality in the area, which was merged into the city of Paris in 1860 by Napoleon III and split between Charonne quarter, the Père-Lachaise quarter and Saint-Fargeau quarter.
Grave of Chaptal
- Type: Tomb
- Also known as: “Jean-Antoine Chaptal”
- Categories: grave, historic site, and burial
- Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.86193° or 48° 51′ 43″ northLongitude
2.39826° or 2° 23′ 54″ eastOpen location code
8FW4V96X+Q8OpenStreetMap ID
node 2610835772OpenStreetMap feature
historic=tombWikidata ID
Q112325133
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“Grave of Chaptal” goes by many names.
- French: “tombe de la famille Chaptal”
- French: “Tombe de la famille Chaptal”
- Turkish: “Chaptal Mezarı”
Notable Places Nearby
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