Now that you mention it, it was small. I never really gave it a thought -- I just assumed that what was above-ground was no reflection on what was underground. The site, like I mentioned, seemed almost like an afterthought. It was just sort of wedged into its surroundings -- nothing like what you'd expect for someone famous. It's basically hidden behind larger crypts. You have to go to an effort to find it. I walked around the general area for awhile before I found it, as I never imagined it would be so out of the way.
I saw Edith Piaf's grave - the famous French singer -- and she has a large above-ground stone, rectangular, box-like crypt big enough to fit a coffin inside. She's easy to find and in a well-travelled area of the Pere Lachaise cemetery. It's a complete contrast to Morrison's grave.
If you've never been there, Pere Lachaise is like a city for the dead. There are little streets and boulevards that you wander through. There's really no rhyme or reason to any of it. There are large crypts, above-ground burial sites, and everything in between. Rumor has it that if you know the right crypts to go to, they lead down into the catacombs.
Now that you mention it, it was small. I never really gave it a thought -- I just assumed that what was above-ground was no reflection on what was underground. The site, like I mentioned, seemed almost like an afterthought. It was just sort of wedged into its surroundings -- nothing like what you'd expect for someone famous. It's basically hidden behind larger crypts. You have to go to an effort to find it. I walked around the general area for awhile before I found it, as I never imagined it would be so out of the way.
I saw Edith Piaf's grave - the famous French singer -- and she has a large above-ground stone, rectangular, box-like crypt big enough to fit a coffin inside. She's easy to find and in a well-travelled area of the Pere Lachaise cemetery. It's a complete contrast to Morrison's grave.
If you've never been there, Pere Lachaise is like a city for the dead. There are little streets and boulevards that you wander through. There's really no rhyme or reason to any of it. There are large crypts, above-ground burial sites, and everything in between. Rumor has it that if you know the right crypts to go to, they lead down into the catacombs.