Question

Necesito la historia del cementerio de Montparnasse en inglés, mínimo 300 palabras, no respondas si no sabes o reporto
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Answer 1

Unlike Montmartre or Belleville, Montparnasse is not one of the hills that surrounded Paris. In the 16th century, the current Vavin - Raspail intersection, then located in open country, served as a landfill for the Parisians: rubble and rubble piled up there, coming from the nearby quarries.

In the 17th century, this artificial mini hill received the mythological name of “Mont Parnase” (Mount Parnassus). The students of the Latin Quarter went there to get oxygen, cross country, and have fun in the picnic areas. The philosopher Voltaire, a student at the Jesuit college at Clermont, was one of them.

In this same century, the grounds of the current cemetery were occupied by two farms belonging to the Hotel-Dieu and a domain owned by the Brothers of Charity. It was at that time when the religious built the windmill that can still be seen (but without its blades) in the western part of the necropolis. In the Revolution, the domain was confiscated, as was all the property of the Church. Public Assistance, its new owner, buried the deceased in hospitals and whose bodies no one claimed.

The Left Bank Cemetery

At the beginning of the 19th century, the City of Paris acquired the domain and neighboring lands to create a cemetery destined for the burial of the inhabitants of the left bank, replacing the old cemeteries of Sainte Catherine and the town of Vanguard.

Originally, the Montparnasse cemetery extended over ten hectares between the current streets Edgar-Quinet and Froidevaux. Then it depended on the municipality of Montrouge. In 1847, it doubled in size, stretching east to Boulevard Raspail and Place Denfert-Rochereau. Since 1860 the cemetery was an integral part of the capital. Later, the surface of the cemetery was reduced at the end of the XIX century, due to road works.

Since its opening, more than 300,000 people have been buried in Montparnasse. The cemetery currently has 35,000 graves and a thousand dead are interred there every year.

The South Cemetery, commonly called the Montparnasse Cemetery, opened its doors on July 25, 1824. In this cemetery there are 1,200 trees, essentially linden, sophora, thuja, maples, ash and conifers. Since then, this extensive flat and regular garden has been a true haven of peace, right in the heart of one of the city's liveliest neighborhoods.

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