9 CANAL DE L’OURCQ Built in the 19th century to provide the cap- italwith drinking water, this canal crosses Seine-Saint-Denis and flows into the La Villette basin. Enjoy exploring it either from on the water (during a cruise or by renting a boat) or on foot along a 6-km path inter- spersed with information panels. In July and August, the ‘Été du Canal’ summer festival programmes a raft of entertainment, free shuttle boats, sailing and sporting activities for families, exploration of unusual sites … Bassin de la Villette (19th). M Corentino CIMETIÈRE Cariou. www.tourisme93.com 10GALERIE THADDAEUS ROPAC – PANTIN DU PÈRE-LACHAISE Art dealer and gallery owner Thaddaeus Ropac completed the conversion of an iron- works factory in Pantin into an art gallery for The cemetery of Père-Lachaise takes its the display of large-scale works. This sobre name from the confessor of King Louis XIV, and luminous venue with a total surface father François d’Aix de La Chaise. This is the area of 5,000 m² across several buildings has most prestigious and most visited necrop- already hosted many leading contemporary olis in Paris.Situated in the 20th arron- artists like Anselm Kiefer, Gilbert & George, dissement of the capital, it stretches over Georg Baselitz, Alex Katz, Dennis Hopper … 43 hectares and has 70,000 plots. The design The space is also used for concerts, screen- mixes the features of an English-style park ings, debates and performance. with a garden of remembrance. All styles of 69 av. du Général Leclerc. 93500 Pantin. funerary art are represented: Gothic tombs, M Église de Pantin.o 01 55 89 01 10. Daily: Haussmanian vaults, antique mausoleums … 10am-7pm, except Sun, Mon and public The Monument to the Dead by the sculptor holidays. https://ropac.net Albert Bartholomé, inaugurated in 1899, is particularly noteworthy. Other renowned artists involved in the creation of this excep- tional heritage include Hector Guimard and Charles Garnier. Along the green and leafy pathways, visitors will come across the tombs of famous men and women includ- ing Honoré de Balzac, Guillaume Apollinaire, Frédéric Chopin, Colette, Jean-François Champollion, Jean de La Fontaine, Molière, 11KOMUNUMA – FONDATION FIMINCO Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Jim Mor- This new place dedicated to contemporary rison (his tomb is one of the most visited), art – a fully rehabilitated industrial site – Alfred de Musset, Marcel Proust, Édith Piaf, has been home to four art galleries and an Camille Pissarro, and Oscar Wilde. artists’ association since 2019. It will Opposite 21 bd de Ménilmontant (20th). even- M Père-Lachaise, Philippe Auguste.o tually house an artists’ residence, exhibition 01 55 25 82 10. spaces, a school of design and fashion, a Daily. Mid-March to Oct: Mon to Fri, 8am-6pm; cafe and the storage collection of the Île- Sat, 8.30am-6pm; Sun and public holidays, de-France’s Regional Collection of Contem- 9am-6pm. Nov to mid-March: Mon to Fri, porary Art (FRAC). Its name means ‘commu- 8am-5.30pm; Sat, 8.30am-5.30pm; Sun and nity’ in Esperanto. public holidays, 9am-5.30pm. 43 rue de la Commune de Paris. www.paris.fr 93230 Romainville. M Bobigny – Pantin –o Raymond Queneau. www.komunuma.com NORTH-EAST PARIS | 65