Gaspard Monge’s mausoleum
Gaspard Monge, whose remains are deposited in the burying ground in Père Lachaise Cemetery, at Paris, in a magnificent mausoleum, was professor of geometry in the École polytechnique at Paris, and with Denon accompanied Napoleon Bonaparte on his memorable…Photo: MOSSOT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: mausoleum located in Paris, in France
- Also known as: “Gaspard Monge”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Père Lachaise Cemetery and Chapel of the Père-Lachaise Cemetery.
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 100 metres northeast of Gaspard Monge’s mausoleum.
Chapel of the Père-Lachaise Cemetery
Church
Photo: Guilhem Vellut, CC BY 2.0.
Chapel of the Père-Lachaise Cemetery is a church, which is situated 120 metres northwest of Gaspard Monge’s mausoleum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Charonne quarter and 20th arrondissement.
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.
20th arrondissement
Gaspard Monge’s mausoleum
- Categories: mausoleum, tomb, and historic site
- Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
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Latitude
48.86031° or 48° 51′ 37″ northLongitude
2.39366° or 2° 23′ 37″ eastLevels
1Open location code
8FW4V96V+4FOpenStreetMap ID
way 1211895435OpenStreetMap feature
building=serviceOpenStreetMap feature
historic=tombWikidata ID
Q5526576
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Gaspard Monge’s mausoleum” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “mausoleu de Gaspard Monge”
- Chinese: “加斯帕爾·蒙日陵墓”
- Dutch: “Gaspard Monge’s mausoleum”
- French: “mausolée de Gaspard Monge”
- French: “Mausolée de Gaspard Monge”
- Spanish: “Gaspard Monge’s mausoleum”
- Spanish: “Mausoleo de Gaspard Monge”
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