This famous cemetery in Paris is full of life again

The tomb of musician Jim Morrison, frontman of the band The Doors, is very popular with visitors. — Photos: AFP

The Pere Lachaise in Paris, the most visited cemetery in the world thanks to celebrities buried there, is welcoming crowds back after years of Covid-19 restrictions with a back-to-nature setting that helps them keep cool in the summer heat.

Doors frontman Jim Morrison, Irish writer Oscar Wilde, French singer Edith Piaf and composer maestro Frederic Chopin are among the 70,000 more or less famous people resting at the necropolis, with some graves turned into shrines by worshipping fans.