8Le Centquatre On the site of the former municipal funeral services, this vast architectural ensemble is devoted to contemporary creation in all its forms: theatre, dance, music, cinema, urban art, etc. It boasts three cafe-restaurants, a bookshop, and children’s area. Once a month the venue is transformed into a dance hall. 5 rue Curial (19th). M Riquet.o 01 53 35 50 00. Daily, except Mon and public holidays. Tues to Fri: 12 noon-7pm. Sat and Sun: 11am-7pm. Exhibitions: Wed to Sun, 2pm-7pm. www.104.fr 9Canal de l’OurcqBuilt in the 19th century to provide the cap- Cimetière italSeine-Saint-Denis and flows into the Lawith drinking water, this canal crossesdu Père- Villette basin. Enjoy exploring it either fromon the water (during a cruise or by renting Lachaise a boat) or on foot along a 6-km path inter- The cemetery of Père-Lachaise takes its spersed with information panels. In July and name from the confessor of King Louis XIV, August, the ‘Été du Canal’ summer festival father François d’Aix de La Chaise. This is the programmes a raft of entertainment, free most prestigious and most visited necrop- shuttle boats, sailing and sporting activities olis in Paris.Situated in the 20th arron- for families, exploration of unusual sites ... dissement of the capital, it stretches over Bassin de la Villette (19th). M Corentino 43 hectares and has 70,000 plots. The design Cariou. www.tourisme93.com mixes the features of an English-style park 10Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac – Pantin with a garden of remembrance. All styles of In 2012, Austrian art dealer and gallery funerary art are represented: Gothic tombs, owner Thaddaeus Ropac completed the Haussmanian vaults, antique mausoleums ... conversion of an ironworks factory in Pantin The Monument to the Dead by the sculptor into an art gallery for the display of large- Albert Bartholomé, inaugurated in 1899, is scale works. This sobre and luminous venue particularly noteworthy. Other renowned with a total surface area of 5,000 m² across artists involved in the creation of this excep- several buildings has already hosted many tional heritage include Hector Guimard and leading contemporary artists like Anselm Charles Garnier. Along the green and leafy Kiefer, Gilbert & George, Georg Baselitz, Alex pathways, visitors will come across the Katz, Dennis Hopper ... The space is also tombs of famous men and women includ- used for concerts, screenings, debates and ing Honoré de Balzac, Guillaume Apollinaire, performance. Frédéric Chopin, Colette, Jean-François 69 av. du Général Leclerc. 93500 Pantin. Champollion, Jean de La Fontaine, Molière, M Église de Pantin.o 01 55 89 01 10. Daily: Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Jim Mor- 10am-7pm, except Sun, Mon and public holidays. rison (his tomb is one of the most visited), https://ropac.net Alfred de Musset, Marcel Proust, Édith Piaf, Camille Pissarro, and Oscar Wilde. 8 bd de Ménilmontant (20th). M Père-Lachaise.o 01 55 25 82 10. Daily. Mid-March to Oct: Mon to Fri 8am-6pm, Sat 8.30am-6pm, Sun and public holidays 9am-6pm. Nov to mid-March: Mon to Fri 8am-5.30pm, Sat 8.30am-5.30pm, Sun and public holidays 9am-5.30pm. www.paris.fr 60 NORTH-EAST PARIS