Molière’s tomb
Molière’s tomb is a tomb in Paris, Île-de-France. Molière’s tomb is situated nearby to La Fontaine’s tomb, as well as near the tomb Grave of Joly.Photo: Albertus teolog, Public domain.
- Type: Tomb
- Description: tomb in Paris
- Also known as: “Molière”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Père Lachaise Cemetery and La Fontaine’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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include 20th arrondissement and Charonne quarter.
20th arrondissement
Charonne quarter
Suburb
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.
Ménilmontant
Suburb
Molière’s tomb
- Categories: historic site and burial
- Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.86051° or 48° 51′ 38″ northLongitude
2.39515° or 2° 23′ 43″ eastOpen location code
8FW4V96W+63OpenStreetMap ID
node 2661217314OpenStreetMap feature
historic=tombWikidata ID
Q3323385
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In Other Languages
From French to Slovenian—“Molière’s tomb” goes by many names.
- French: “monument funéraire de Molière”
- French: “Monument funéraire de Molière”
- Galician: “Tumba de Molière”
- Slovenian: “Molièrov grob”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Jean-Louis Greffulhe’s tomb and Grave of d’Aboville family.
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