The Ambitious Drifter

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Steaming Off To The Afterlife

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Friday’s  Challenge 

In today’s challenge, show us what “gone, but not forgotten” means to you. 

Take 2, something completely different, a steampunk tomb in Montmartre cemetery, Paris. It’s a French TARDIS, I’m sure.

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Yet again, the French remain stylish in death. I need to research who was buried here.

UPDATED. M. Lemaitre owned metal working factories in Paris. Francois Cavé was one of the early builders of steam engines in France.   http://www.montmartre-secret.com/article-cimetiere-montmartre-tombeau-etrange-cave-lemaitre-50503585.html  (en français)

6 thoughts on “Steaming Off To The Afterlife

  1. Definitely worth a visit, much quieter than Pere Lachaise….

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  2. Apparently Michelangelo did some for Julien de Medici. Very nice indeed!

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  3. Fascinating – What an incredible crypt!

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  4. The owls mean something…Could be an inventor. Very nice choice. I’m sure he is a time traveller

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  5. Thanks for the update. Things like this are why we love old cemeteries!

    janet

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  6. Haha, it does look like a tardis and yes, typically French, very elegant.

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