Cimetière de Passy

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQiBSFMVc1F-WDQDLm1WvsxPJqOI538K1MLPmyb447IDg3h3mhvXHdSPlL5GEQIJrWXgku3CoCP5x-FpeWXjNtVJfXcyK8VfFjLtlRXHUuoA-XrdKSoyl0kC4zCFwg-BjAS68fyvQIlAE/s1600/2013+May+22+0522+Wed_67DSC_5677.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQiBSFMVc1F-WDQDLm1WvsxPJqOI538K1MLPmyb447IDg3h3mhvXHdSPlL5GEQIJrWXgku3CoCP5x-FpeWXjNtVJfXcyK8VfFjLtlRXHUuoA-XrdKSoyl0kC4zCFwg-BjAS68fyvQIlAE/s640/2013+May+22+0522+Wed_67DSC_5677.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The door swings open</div><div style="text-align: center;">to reveal the neglected plants</div><div style="text-align: center;">and the eternal beauty </div><div style="text-align: center;">of a Russian Orthodox mosaic.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cimetière de Passy</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(just across from Place du Trocadero)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75016, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Cimetière de Passy

The door swings open to reveal the neglected plants and the eternal beauty  of a Russian Orthodox mosaic. Cimetière de Passy (just across fr...

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Cimetière de Passy et la Tour Eiffel

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyycSY-rSmwwxQ8ldlzkXZiVYR8MIIG3NDQO-IitsZwsPGTmS5sJGoooIjp4X6lwEJGNl6yGmwh1RwJCMo6s0zlwgyvsX9OgTqjoWOdbG1b_HJDG2-BmK5JT6nZYXEEpXERCV0AsFRTg4/s1600/2013+May+22+0522+Wed_15DSC_5625.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyycSY-rSmwwxQ8ldlzkXZiVYR8MIIG3NDQO-IitsZwsPGTmS5sJGoooIjp4X6lwEJGNl6yGmwh1RwJCMo6s0zlwgyvsX9OgTqjoWOdbG1b_HJDG2-BmK5JT6nZYXEEpXERCV0AsFRTg4/s1600/2013+May+22+0522+Wed_15DSC_5625.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Cimetière de Passy</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This storied cemetery is just across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower </div><div style="text-align: center;">which can be seen at every turn as you walk among the tombs.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope that you can find a view unobstructed by cranes.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">It is not easy.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cimetière de Passy</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75016, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Cimetière de Passy et la Tour Eiffel

Cimetière de Passy This storied cemetery is just across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower which can be seen at every turn as you walk among th...

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Cimetière Passy - un message privé

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVRT1nmpi0v45hqqHao5eWV7yWVCUptIOtwNBXr3UPlE75xV5lSOBw5bINO3iyop_LPk1mHIgQN7-CY1o0tNGvwdLaKKkp7Eo2cVcVE2nBTDVR0pBVulmQdDUVzQoUA5EcSqhPxloj0IY/s1600/2013+May+22+0522+Wed_32DSC_5642c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVRT1nmpi0v45hqqHao5eWV7yWVCUptIOtwNBXr3UPlE75xV5lSOBw5bINO3iyop_LPk1mHIgQN7-CY1o0tNGvwdLaKKkp7Eo2cVcVE2nBTDVR0pBVulmQdDUVzQoUA5EcSqhPxloj0IY/s1600/2013+May+22+0522+Wed_32DSC_5642c.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Passy Cemetery</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Passy Cemetery sits in the shadow of la Tour Eiffel </div><div style="text-align: center;">and is the final resting place of the painter Édouard Manet, </div><div style="text-align: center;">a key figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">On the left corner of his grave I found a weathered</div><div style="text-align: center;">message anchored by small rocks.<br />Always watch for the details </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Passy Cemetery</span></span></i><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="kno-fv _gA">2, rue du Commandant Schloesing</span></span></span></i><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="kno-fv _gA">75016, Paris</span></span></span></i><br /><span class="kno-fv _gA"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Cimetière Passy - un message privé

Passy Cemetery Passy Cemetery sits in the shadow of la Tour Eiffel  and is the final resting place of the painter Édouard Manet,  a key figu...

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Cimetière de Passy

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdILu4M8hYNnMcRRm_UQIuywctDTkgFmXysOAMrPIaKy8YIeiXwHmOIeZo_OOojuTITfyNdtjmD1-9G45sWkSD5qUa0ixnv4azPNHj4S7RK2AsKJB2t23xOFrej_j0g6W8jCng8M8Ws0s/s1600/2013+0522+Wed_80DSC_5690.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdILu4M8hYNnMcRRm_UQIuywctDTkgFmXysOAMrPIaKy8YIeiXwHmOIeZo_OOojuTITfyNdtjmD1-9G45sWkSD5qUa0ixnv4azPNHj4S7RK2AsKJB2t23xOFrej_j0g6W8jCng8M8Ws0s/s640/2013+0522+Wed_80DSC_5690.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Cimetière de Passy</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Just across the way from Trocadéro and the stunning view of la Tour Eiffel </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(and the throngs of people) </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">is this quiet cemetery with its own stunning view of la Tour.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As you walk the narrow shaded paths, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the chatter of  the many tourists </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">along with hawkers of Eiffel Tower key chains </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">cannot be heard.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The muffled sounds of the caretaker </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">going about his daily maintenance </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and the songs of birds </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">will accompany you on a walk </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">through the rows of crypts, tombs and markers.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cimetière de Passy</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75016, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Trocadéro</span></span></i></div>

Cimetière de Passy

Cimetière de Passy Just across the way from Trocadéro and the stunning view of la Tour Eiffel  (and the throngs of people)  is this quiet ce...

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Cimetière de Passy - le gardien

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9456218592/" title="2013 0522 Wed_72DSC_5682 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 0522 Wed_72DSC_5682" height="800" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7288/9456218592_09582c8cae_c.jpg" width="544" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Cimetière de Passy</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the caretaker</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I am attracted to cemeteries and have sought them out in every city visited.  Paris has an abundance of cemeteries and many stories to go with them </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Cimetière de Passy is less than six acres in size making it easy to cover in about an hour.  You will find the famous and the not-so-famous, a princess, artists, aviators, actresses, and many more.  You may even catch a glimpse of the caretaker going about his business.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">All the while, la Tour Eiffel is peeking over your shoulder.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Cimetière de Passy</i><br /><i>2, rue de Commandant Schloesing</i><br /><i>75016 Paris</i></div>

Cimetière de Passy - le gardien

Cimetière de Passy the caretaker I am attracted to cemeteries and have sought them out in every city visited.  Paris has an abundance of cem...

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Cimetière de Passy

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1tuIBr6IfnBR5lJYYUiLw_u0-98j7wKOQAlzX_2BPcce4-o69YptMGm1xD53apSUUqZ81kLMCWLdqUHMQ5obI35eA8Ff2THmLLh2ZjObpSozqYpKgEbYsIXaBqTI0bIXjCutS_8n6cdI/s1600/2013+0522+Wed_36DSC_5646.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1tuIBr6IfnBR5lJYYUiLw_u0-98j7wKOQAlzX_2BPcce4-o69YptMGm1xD53apSUUqZ81kLMCWLdqUHMQ5obI35eA8Ff2THmLLh2ZjObpSozqYpKgEbYsIXaBqTI0bIXjCutS_8n6cdI/s640/2013+0522+Wed_36DSC_5646.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Cimetière de Passy</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The porcelain wreaths and flowers are usually broken, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">either through carelessness or vandalism.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This one caught my eye for the delicate colors.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Then one notices the long life enjoyed by this couple </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">who saw many changes in Paris over their lifetimes.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">How rare was it to live to almost 100?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Cimetière de Passy</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="kno-fv"><span class="kno-fv-vq fl" data-vq="/search?biw=1920&bih=948&q=passy+cemetery&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAGOovnz8BQMDAx8HsxKHfq6-QVZ2TrkDY22TW-aWpZMq65s1OuU6PbnCPk8SAgCAZ4j2KwAAAA">2, rue du Commandant Schloesing</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="kno-fv"><span class="kno-fv-vq fl" data-vq="/search?biw=1920&bih=948&q=passy+cemetery&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAGOovnz8BQMDAx8HsxKHfq6-QVZ2TrkDY22TW-aWpZMq65s1OuU6PbnCPk8SAgCAZ4j2KwAAAA">75016, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="kno-fv"><span class="kno-fv-vq fl" data-vq="/search?biw=1920&bih=948&q=passy+cemetery&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAGOovnz8BQMDAx8HsxKHfq6-QVZ2TrkDY22TW-aWpZMq65s1OuU6PbnCPk8SAgCAZ4j2KwAAAA"><i>Métro Trocadéro </i></span></span></div>

Cimetière de Passy

Cimetière de Passy The porcelain wreaths and flowers are usually broken,  either through carelessness or vandalism.   This one caught my eye...

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