Cimetière parisien de Pantin

The Cimetière parisien de Pantin spreads across nearly three hundred acres, defined by thousands of white stone markers and a distinct lack of the ornate, towering mausoleums found in central Paris. Opened in eighteen eighty-six to handle the overflow from the overcrowded city center, it became the final resting place for hundreds of thousands of ordinary residents. Among the orderly rows lies the grave of the writer Marcel Duchamp, buried quietly under a simple marker that reflects the cemetery’s enduring, egalitarian layout.