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. Tues to Fri: 12 noon-7pm. Sat and Sun: 11am-7pm. Closed Mon and public holidays. www.104.fr 9Canal de l’Ourcq Cimetière Built in the 19th century to provide the cap- italwith drinking water, this canal crosses du Père- Seine-Saint-Denis and flows into the La Villette basin. Enjoy exploring it either from on the water (during a cruise or by rentinga boat) or on foot along a 6-km path inter- Lachaise spersed with information panels. In July and The cemetery of Père-Lachaise takes its August, the ‘Été du Canal’ summer festival name from the confessor of King Louis XIV, programmes a raft of entertainment, free father François d’Aix de La Chaise. This is the shuttle boats, sailing and sporting activities most prestigious and most visited necropolis for families, exploration of unusual sites … in Paris. Situated in the 20th arrondissement Bassin de la Villette (19th). M Corentino of the capital, it stretches over 43 hectares Cariou. www.tourisme93.com and has 70,000 plots. The design mixes the 10Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac – Pantin features of an English-style park with a gar- In 2012, Austrian art dealer and gallery den of remembrance. All styles of funerary owner Thaddaeus Ropac completed the art are represented: Gothic tombs, Hauss- conversion of an ironworks factory in Pantin mannian vaults, antique mausoleums … into an art gallery for the display of large- The Monument to the Dead by the sculptor scale works. This sobre and luminous venue Albert Bartholomé, inaugurated in 1899, is with a total surface area of 5,000 m² across particularly noteworthy. Other renowned several buildings has already hosted many artists involved in the creation of this excep- leading contemporary artists like Anselm tional heritage include Hector Guimard and Kiefer, Gilbert & George, Georg Baselitz, Alex Charles Garnier. Along the green and leafy Katz, Dennis Hopper … The space is also pathways, visitors will come across the used for concerts, screenings, debates and tombs of famous men and women includ- performance. ing Honoré de Balzac, Guillaume Apollinaire, 69 av. du Général Leclerc. 93500 Pantin. Frédéric Chopin, Colette, Jean-François M Église de Pantin.o 01 55 89 01 10. Daily: Champollion, Jean de La Fontaine, Molière, 10am-7pm, except Sun, Mon and public holidays. Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Jim Mor- https://ropac.net rison (his tomb is one of the most visited), 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. 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. https://pere-lachaise.com 60 NORTH-EAST PARIS