What Lurks Behind These Doors? I Looked Inside To Find Out - Père Lachaise Cemetery Paris

Finding The Strangest Mausoleum Ever. Is It A Vampires?
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[@johnbastien3872]

Most of those mausolea have communal shaft vaults underneath them. Some of these slabs also have stairs underneath them that lead to vaults. Internal stacking could be doubled beam and stack or on metal shelving or concrete shelving. .Older units could hold more vice modern caskets. I haven't even noted this method above ground in some of the ones you have shown in ireland. I really note a lack of metal theft there. There is probably millions of dollars worth of bronze that cemetery alone never mind the value of the artwork itself. Great tour today.

[@juliebeason9889]

Thank you for the historical cemetery your Irish eyes

[@Ali70PlusandFabulous]

This huge monument belongs to a noblewoman who promised her fortune to whoever spent a year inside with her…many tried and failed 😮

[@GraveVisitations]

So I believe 👻

[@happyhermit3141]

Of course they failed. No shower, no toilet and no Uber food deliveries at the time.

[@janetslicer3637]

Thank you GV and Sue for another lovely Paris video with a cat and Chopin too! Love you both, take care. 🙏♥️ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks Janet hope you are well ❤️

[@redrooster1908]

🐱 Cat looked so much like our sweet puss, Maggie, we loved.

[@kmgreves]

Étienne-Gaspard Robert (15 June 1763 - 2 July 1837), often known by the stage name of "Robertson", was a prominent Liégeois (now part of Belgium) physicist, stage magician and influential developer of phantasmagoria. He was described by Charles Dickens as "an honourable and well-educated showman".[1] Alongside his pioneering work on projection techniques for his shows Robert was also a physics lecturer and a keen balloonist at a time of great development in aviation.

[@tomhirons7475]

A paragraph which went the round of the Paris journals a few years ago stated in the most matter-of-fact language that a Russian Princess had left a million francs to any person who would consent to live a year and a day in the little chapel raised in Pere Lachaise Cemetery over her tomb. The body was, according to the paragraph, full in view in a glass coffin in the centre of the building, and in order that the man or woman who might undertake the long watch should never lose sight of it, and during the whole year and a day have his thoughts constantly occupied with the deceased Princess, the walls and ceilings were lined with plate-glass mirrors, so that, whichever way the watcher might turn, he or she would always be confronted by the spectacle of the dead Princess in her glass coffin. The person willing to accept the trial was not to be allowed any sort of occupation except that of reading by the funeral light at the head of the coffin, and was condemned never to exchange a word with anyone during the 365 days, not even with the person who was once a day to bring the watcher’s food. Nevertheless, in the evening, after the closing of the gates of the cemetery, the Princess’ watcher was to be permitted to stroll among the tombs for an hour. In the case of any of these stipulations being violated, the watch was to be re-commenced, or all hope of inheriting the million francs abandoned. For months after the publication of this story the conservator of Pere Lachaise Cemetery received so many letters, from all parts of the world, from persons of society anxious to earn the million francs, that it became a long daily labour to reply to them. Some persons wrote several times, but at last there came a time when the supposed legacy of a million francs seemed to be forgotten. The conservator of Pere Lachaise began, so to say, to breathe freely once more, when, to his amazement, the story, considerably augmented and improved upon, reappeared in the papers, with the inevitable consequence of a deluge of letters. This time it was affirmed that several persons had attempted the terrible death-watch, but had all abandoned it. Thats the princess Damidov tomb.

[@GraveVisitations]

Hi Tom, thanks for the information 👍 I've read about this but didn't want to go into detail about it. I've seen a few videos on KZbin about it. Very interesting all the same

[@Arthur54321]

The challenge sounds a bit like my first marriage just without the prospect of any money exchanging hands in my direction.

[@davidsvingman5485]

Hello from New Haven Connecticut. Awesome premiere.Beautiful Cemetery.

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks and welcome

[@user-op6eu3tt9j]

Another great video well filmed. So interesting to see.

[@donnicholas7552]

Beautiful mausoleums and sculptures. Cute kitty cat! 😺

[@lunevalleyparanormal]

Another fascinating place thank you for taking us with you 🙏🏻

[@GraveVisitations]

My pleasure 😊

[@tinasummers4578]

Hello GV glad to be back on your podcast ⭐️⭐️⭐️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@GraveVisitations]

Welcome back!

[@annelielubbe4213]

This is a beautiful cemetery. I love the grave of Chopin it's beautiful but all the Graves that you showed were gorgeous even the cat was beautiful and they give it food and water. Awesome ❤❤❤

[@GraveVisitations]

If only I knew what the French woman was saying to the cat lol

[@redrooster1908]

​@@GraveVisitationsUniversal kitty love talk. No translator needed❤❤ 🐱

[@MotorHomeBeepBeep]

One of the beauties of the channel is you showcase some of the most amazing graves with elaborate designs. Amazing! Well done my friend. Fascinating film.

[@GraveVisitations]

Thank you very much!

[@robertlockett5381]

It's almost like a housing estate of the dead.

[@samuel56551]

There's quite a few of those in Britain .

[@redrooster1908]

Replicated in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA in this French styling and huge cemetery "cities", although harder to maintain because of hurricanes & flooding over the years.

[@louisgreene3406]

Some of not all are rented graves

[@marygarner5249]

Thank you so much for taking us along always love your adventures 💟

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks Mary

[@timothymarshall6709]

Very elaborate indeed, can you imagine what it cost to build these structures .

[@rethabyrum2605]

These are amazing ! Thank you for sharing 😊

[@barbaracooke451]

Thank you for another wonderful time.

[@GraveVisitations]

Our pleasure!

[@tinasavage674]

There's so much atmosphere in this cemetery amazing 😊 nice one gv .

[@carondean2960]

They've certainly packed them in , it wouldnt take much to get lost . Great video and another great adventure , thank you xx

[@GraveVisitations]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@michaelbedinger4121]

Great walking tour, thank you very much GV. The vampire? Mausoleum was very interesting. The bats in the door was a nice touch. The medieval type tomb was also interesting. Thank you very much again GV, have a great day.

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks Michael have a good day

[@michaelbedinger4121]

You are welcome. Can you show this again for Halloween 🎃 ?

[@bethtodd9921]

The one with the bats was really creepy ☠️

[@GraveVisitations]

Very different for sure 🦇

[@bugnurse]

Does anyone know the story/legacy behind this one? Very interesting to say the least! Great job on the video!

[@GraveVisitations]

@@bugnurse looked it up but couldn't find anything

[@ninanonna2007]

Some of these vaults are bigger than most NYC apartments. Beautiful job GV👵🏻❤️

[@Hope-fv3kf]

24:47 Famille Respail. Francois Vincent Respail Imprisoned during Louis Phillipe's reign, ran for Candidate for President of the French Second Republic lost to Napoleon, participated in a revolt spent years as a political prisoner. Napoleon commuted sentence to exile. Returned to France after Napoleon... Founder of cell theory in biology, advocated using antiseptic, cleaner sanitation, and diet. Longest Boulevard in France named after him and Respail Metro Station. His sons all were notable figures of the Third Republic. His daughter died caring for him in prison.

[@redrooster1908]

Wow! That's amazing history!!

[@marygrummer9189]

I’m loving these tours from France. Thanks for sharing ❤

[@joelhurley2678]

Thank you for another great tour of that beautiful Paris Cemetery.

[@GraveVisitations]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@brendacanter9768]

A lot of amazing art work in the cemeteries there❤️ The crypts are awesome❤️ May they all rest in peace❤️🙏❤️

[@kyliecook8889]

Love the video so nice there ❤

[@tinasummers4578]

I always enjoy watching your podcast 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@GraveVisitations]

Thank you so much 😊

[@CatCmdr]

Thanks GV Sue and Mods Good video. “Fred”….🤦🏼‍♀️ Tell Morty to shake a leg…bone..connected to the hip bone …now hear the word of the Lord! “Them bones them bones gonna rise up” but for Halloween only.

[@GraveVisitations]

👻👻

[@Hope-fv3kf]

Beautiful

[@marieswindlehurst9694]

Those mausoleum s must have cost a small fortune back in the day ,doesn't bare to think what they would cost to day very beautiful

[@maryfuchs4271]

When are you guys going to video back in Ireland and hopefully in Scotland?

[@GraveVisitations]

We are in Ireland now. Scotland hopefully in future

[@barry_uk]

Hello GV, some very ornate mausoleums. A veritable city of the dead.

[@GraveVisitations]

Hi Barry it is very elaborate isn't it

[@debyoder8342]

I love the respect you show.

[@susanh3342]

I love it when you went by the one we couldn't tell what it was 😂 Sometimes it is better just to keep going and not say anything 😊

[@kimstride3355]

Beautiful works of art!! thanks for sharing.

[@danathompson5144]

Great video GV :)

[@ShelArmstrong]

Wow what a beautiful cemetery and headstones lovely video again has all ways GV still having rain in England don't no what is going on with this weather can't wait for the sun to come out and it's been very windy take care GV and sue love watching your videos 👍😊

[@GraveVisitations]

Hi shel Paris was super to visit the cemeteries. Weather here dry so far I hope it picks up on your end

[@christinewhitfeld7939]

Graveyards are not my favourite places but this is one of the few I would actually like to visit

[@GraveVisitations]

They are beautiful and serene I think. Check out my other videos

[@Hope-fv3kf]

Famille Gaumont...the vampire vault. I found nothing on that family.

[@redrooster1908]

Glad you tried, thank you. I found out comedian Leon Noel, with a bust on top of his monument, was a Vaudeville performer and it's not his birth name but his professional name...since Noel is Leon-- backwards.😅

[@karenawagner2691]

I am from Milwaukee Wisconsin in the USA,we don’t have cemeteries like this here,they are beautiful. Thank you for taking us along.

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks for watching! I really enjoyed Paris

[@Arby1965]

The crow squawking in the background gives this the full effect!

[@debroahisaacs2452]

Spooky bat mausaleum. I'st time for me. Really some beautiful stones and vaults. I could really enjoy walking that cemetary. Thanx for bring us all along with you. Really loved it GV❤😊❤😊

[@user-is6gw2ud3g]

Nice trips you guide us in this magnificent cemetery ..thanks

[@peterredfern1174]

Mmmmthe guardian of the cemetery checking you out,🙏🙏to the little 8yr old May he R.I.P,another top number GV,👏👏🙏🙏👋👋🇦🇺

[@baileyhall8728]

Loved the video GV 😊

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks! 😁

[@Hope-fv3kf]

22:01 Vivant Denon...wikipedia Dominique VIVANT Baron DENON (created Baron by Napoleon) original name was de Non French diplomat under Louis XV and Louis XVI. Napoleon appointed him as Director of the Louvre. Helped at Hermitage Museum . An artist, writer, diplomat and archeologist. He 'retired' from the Louvre it seems he was associated too strongly with the prior regime, Napoleon.

[@jamielieberg7053]

Great video thank you

[@cynthiathomas6690]

They check in, but DON'T check out 😂

[@GraveVisitations]

True lol

[@susangreasby8741]

All. Looks. Great.

[@Arthur54321]

Nice one GV really enjoyed your tour - thank you.

[@GraveVisitations]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@susiejakes3019]

At timestamp 12:00 Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor an d soldier, has a sculpture of a man on his grave which is similar to Auguste Rodin's famous Sculpture ' The Thinker' except the man on Bugatti's grave doesn't have his hand on his chin.

[@GraveVisitations]

Well noticed susie

[@maureenalder8905]

WOW.. no more words needed 😘

[@jonnaosborne1832]

Pere Lachaise Cemetery is one of the most beautiful and interesting in the world. You could spend a lifetime in there in one day. I would love to go back someday. I tried to visit the most famous individuals buried there, but I didn't make it around to all of them. It is well worth a visit, but next time I will do a lot of homework in advance, to be sure I know where all the famous graves are. I didn't research it enough the first time.

[@diannelavoie5385]

What an a9mazing cemetery. Beautiful and fascinating monuments everywhere you look.

[@teresapaskell5459]

Fascinating peeping in

[@susangreasby8741]

All. Looks. Great

[@mostlypeacefulcerealkiller2145]

WooooW! I never imagined that a graveyard could be so beautiful! The trees & the paths & (ahh there's a fat cat laying over my arm while I'm trying to type) the sculptures. No wonder they have tourists walking about. The ones with the bats & the skeletons were odd.

[@peterredfern1174]

Finally got a chance to view this video,sure it’ll be up to expectations,👋👋🙏🙏👍🇦🇺

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks for watching Peter

[@nikmason6873]

Plenty of Lost boys in Paris.

[@snowman3630]

GREAT VIDEO CATHAL AND FINDS LOL MAYBE THAT WAS THE ENTRANCE TO THE BATCAVE 🤣 KEEP IT UP MY FRIEND 🤘

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks snowman 🦇🦇👻

[@happyhermit3141]

Great video! I live about a 15 minute walk from Père Lachaise and was there yesterday morning (24/05/2024). I have been many times but have not yet covered all of its 110 acres. Maybe eventually.....

[@GraveVisitations]

Wow you are so lucky to live near this beautiful cemetery. I wish I had more time to explore other areas in Père Lachaise

[@rebeccasmith2865]

This is as fascinating as going to a museum. I found the doors with the bats most interesting. Unusual. I really love the statues of people on the top of their monuments. It kind of gives us a good perspective of what that person once looked like. So spectacular! Amazing video. God bless from Oklahoma U.S.

[@GraveVisitations]

Thank you we really loved Paris

[@redrooster1908]

Bats on the doors!! How absolutely cool 😊 Really great content. I subbed.

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks for the sub! Welcome to the GV family ❤️

[@redrooster1908]

​@@GraveVisitationsThank you. You have fabulous content❤ I was reading that Oscar Wilde is buried here also. Huge cemetery! Would take years to see it all.

[@GraveVisitations]

@@redrooster1908 his friend and apparently lovers ashes are in his tomb also

[@redrooster1908]

​@@GraveVisitations😁

[@redrooster1908]

​@@GraveVisitationsSo many fans/ visitors kissed his grave/ monument that it was covered in lipstick. 😂😂LOL 💋 Actions were taken to end this lipstick/ kissing and it's impossible to do so today. I may never visit Paris myself and I thank you for going for me & all your viewers❤❤

[@jenniffer9034]

I have been binge watching your videos since they popped up I'm into things like this also This is a beautiful cemetery! I would love to walk it ❤

[@GraveVisitations]

Père Lachaise is stunning you would love it

[@susangreasby8741]

Very. Interesting. See. You. Nexed. Time.

[@sonnytaylor3003]

Fascinating cemetery to visit

[@mickeybarton9077]

Hopefully their walks in life equal the wealth spent on these you can have all the angels and crosses you want but if you did not earn it where you go is not beautiful we come in this world with nothing we leave with nothing

[@JeremyMagicJohnson]

Keep it up! Lots of grave channels but this one is good. In the future try to look up the people before filming so you can have something to say about their lives, even if mundane, people like to know

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks for watching, I have loads of other videos with information

[@tinasavage674]

That's one grim headstone at the end of the video 😮

[@maryknight4823]

Hello again GV, just been catching up with you.. yet another great vlog from 'Pere le chase'(hope l spelt correctly). I was however wondering if now your doing these paranormal vlogs, will you continue with the GV series?, thanks as always 👍❤️☘️..........

[@GraveVisitations]

Hi Mary this channel is for cemetery stuff only. The other channel is separate

[@annelielubbe4213]

All I know is that she called him my darling and mon amour "my love"

[@GraveVisitations]

I was wondering what she was saying. She certainly wasn't talking to me 😂

[@coreydebruin7001]

Was Gilette not the inventor of the safety razor ? Great video's as usual .👍🏻

[@markzirbes1245]

Lovely video Cathal and Sue are you still in Paris yet❤you guys take care

[@GraveVisitations]

Back home a while now

[@markzirbes1245]

@@GraveVisitations Glad you made back home safe love ❤️ you guys

[@peteacher52]

Well presented -- respectful and informative.

[@GraveVisitations]

Thank you

[@genekelly8467]

Millions of $$ to build these-and for what? The bodies all disintegrate and are forgotten.

[@GraveVisitations]

People just showing wealth I guess even in death

[@dalestaley5637]

It's a beautiful place.

[@indigohalo3421]

I think the skulls and wings are gargoyles..for protection..I collect them..

[@GraveVisitations]

Nice hobbie

[@marierowe5969]

If the dead ever rise ..we will be outnumbered by 10000 /1...

[@GraveVisitations]

Run fast lol

[@4sstg]

Beautiful place for the dead.

[@frenchustube]

The baroness Demidoff née Stroganoff has given us 2 great dishes. Beef Stroganoff and caviar Demidoff. Both dishes have sour cream and onions, the caviar being served on buckwheat pancakes!

[@GraveVisitations]

Love me some food 😁

[@nataliemoulding234]

wow some of them monuments ans masouliuns must have cost a fortune to build but very beautiful

[@GraveVisitations]

Absolutely they are very unique

[@tomschnack3665]

Another great Paris video. Will you be moving on anytime soon? 6pm, central time, USA.

[@GraveVisitations]

Not sure yet

[@NurseOasis]

Bats on a crypted. How bizzare.

[@jackyhawkins1895]

Were you able to find out how many graves, mausoleums or vaults are in the place. Great video 😊

[@GraveVisitations]

The list is massive

[@redrooster1908]

Paule has inscription: "I picked this sprig of heather"...in French at 14:56.

[@GraveVisitations]

Interesting thank you

[@redrooster1908]

​@@GraveVisitationsInteresting, enthralling and capitaving place!

[@brownie88ify]

can anyone tell me what those little buildings are for, with the alters inside them?

[@redrooster1908]

I read that the inner alters are for placing: mementos, pictures, urns with ashes of cremated loved ones, and keepsakes etc.

[@stevecannon1774]

What happened to the woman’s glass coffin. I was kind of interested. I’m retired and need a hobby.

[@GraveVisitations]

It's a legend apparently 🤔 I only found out the details recently

[@stephengraham5099]

A rather unusual pronunciation for Chopin. 😇

[@GraveVisitations]

Fred?

[@susangreasby8741]

Little. Boy. Rip.

[@Thecorgially]

Didn't realize Chopin was Polish. Are you still in Paris?

[@GraveVisitations]

We back a while now

[@redrooster1908]

Yes. Interesting that Chopin got to Paris at 21. He left Warsaw at 20. Died at 38? 39? In Paris of tuberculosis, I believe.

[@louisgreene3406]

Speaking of bats on doors what about one famous resident......Jim Morrison

[@GraveVisitations]

Jom?

[@louisgreene3406]

@@GraveVisitations I see Jim

[@louisgreene3406]

I forgot Morrison attracts the most visitors

[@GraveVisitations]

@@louisgreene3406 I've done a video on his grave. It's on my channel

[@louisgreene3406]

Oh I'm looking it up. His parents visited no one recognized them

[@CountryCampers]

Baroness Demidoff - the Glass-Coffined ‘Vampire Princess’ of Père Lachaise Cemetery

[@GraveVisitations]

Oh yes very interesting I would love to see inside

[@zelda6707]

At 15:03. Google translator says that "j'ai cueilli ce brin de bruyere..." means: "I picked this sprig of heather".

[@GraveVisitations]

😂

[@kevinmoor6408]

A better translation would be, " I shared your life for a short time."

[@zelda6707]

That is MUCH better. So much for Google. Oh, well. Thanks.@@kevinmoor6408

[@zelda6707]

@@kevinmoor6408 That is MUCH better. So much for Google. Oh, well, Thank you.

[@zoeyh7785]

You need to get a snake camera to view inside the mausoleums better.

[@GraveVisitations]

I don't like them

[@sdavis7916]

Thanks for the interesting video but you didn't look inside that angel one.

[@GraveVisitations]

The thumb nail doest mean what the title says always

[@richardhowcroft1066]

You visited orp. opera singer Jocelyne Monique Cavard who I watched a few times on TV wow

[@GraveVisitations]

I did? Or have I?

[@monicapushkin3274]

Chopin's monument almost looks like cast concrete. Is that possible?

[@GraveVisitations]

No idea sorry

[@puffeiffer]

Leave it to the French to take a beautiful tradition and then amp it up 20 times. No bare corpses lying within. High Architectural Standards and Materials outside AND inside. Every iron front door an individual work of art. I would say if you’re of means and shopping for your own “forever home” this place is like a living catalog from which to draw inspiration and choose a theme.

[@GraveVisitations]

I prefer Ireland and England cemeteries mausoleums are much more interesting. Paris ones all look the same inside

[@jjhyde5179]

would you spend the night with the baroness deminoff? too bad you can’t see her glass coffin from the ground

[@GraveVisitations]

I know the story