Do we know that five families reside in a building in the Père-Lachaise cemetery?
In his book
J'habite un monument historique
, the writer Olivier Calon met two of them, including Florence de la Barre, receptionist, and Jean-Claude Lévêque, gardener.
Residing on the second floor of the conservation, they raised their two boys in this particular Parisian enclave, without regret.
"It may surprise, and even shock some
, admits Florence,
but Père-Lachaise was a great playground and exploration for them."
And then “the address”, classified, is a historical place, a sort of open-air museum.
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In addition to the experience of Florence and Jean-Claude, Calon describes, in 18 chapters, the unusual life of owners or tenants of historical monuments.
Castle, military building, former industrial site, mill, architect's house… The spectrum is wide, which makes the book interesting.
If we sometimes lack "practical" details on the organization of these
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