Paris 20 Menilmontant, France
Communards' Wall
The Communards’ Wall at the Père Lachaise cemetery is where 147 Commune soldiers along with another 19 officers were executed on May 28, 1871, during the Semaine sanglante, the suppression of the Paris Commune. The soldiers were buried in a common grave at the foot of the wall. The Père Lachaise cemetery was established in May 1804 on a land owned by the Jesuits for centuries, and where Père Lachaise, confessor of Louis XIV, lived the latter part of his life.
- City
- Paris 20 Menilmontant
- Country
- France
- Category
- Historic
- Suggested visit
- About 90 minutes
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