Molière
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Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the great writers in the French language and world literature. His extant w
Portrait of Molière by Pierre Mignard (c. 1658)
Molière as Caesar in The Death of Pompey by Pierre Corneille, portrait by Nicolas Mignard
Illustration after Pierre Brissart for the printed text of L'Étourdi ou les Contretemps
Medallion depicting Molière, façade of the Théâtre-Français, Paris.
Père Lachaise Cemetery
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Père Lachaise Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Paris, France, at 44 hectares.
Molière
…part of the cemetery reserved for unbaptised infants. In 1792, his remains were brought to the museum of French monuments, and in 1817, transferred to Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, close to those of La Fontaine. Though conventional thinkers, religious leaders and medical professionals in Molière's time criticised his…
Père Lachaise, Chemin Errazu
The House of Père François de la Chaise, Mont-Louis (17th century)
The cemetery, an English-style park, with the tomb of Héloïse and Abélard (top right) (1815)
Crematorium and columbarium building