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Cours de Vincennes

Streets in the 12th arrondissement of ParisStreets in the 20th arrondissement of Paris

The Cours de Vincennes (formerly Avenue de Vincennes) is a street in Paris, linking place de la Nation to porte de Vincennes. It forms a major artery and serves as the border between the city's 12th and 20th arrondissements. It was built before 1860 and forms the start of Route nationale 34.

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Cours de Vincennes
Cours de Vincennes, Paris 12th Arrondissement (Paris)

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N 48.8473 ° E 2.4048 °
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Cours de Vincennes
75012 Paris, 12th Arrondissement (Paris)
Ile-de-France, France
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Picpus Cemetery
Picpus Cemetery

Picpus Cemetery (French: Cimetière de Picpus, [pik.pys]) is the largest private cemetery in Paris, France, located in the 12th arrondissement. It was created from land seized from the convent of the Chanoinesses de St-Augustin, during the French Revolution. Just minutes away from where the guillotine was set up, it contains 1,306 victims executed between 14 June and 27 July 1794, during the height and last phase of the Reign of Terror. Today only descendants of those 1,306 victims are eligible to be buried at Picpus Cemetery.Picpus Cemetery is one of only two private cemeteries in Paris, the other being the old Cimetière des Juifs Portugais de Paris (Portuguese Jewish Cemetery of Paris) in the 19th arrondissement. Picpus Cemetery is situated next to a small chapel, Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix ("Our Lady of Peace"), run by the Sisters of the Sacred Heart. The priests of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts are referred to as "The Picpus Fathers" because of the order's origins on the street. It holds a small 15th-century sculpture of the Vierge de la Paix, reputed to have cured King Louis XIV of a serious illness on 16 August 1658.The placename is thought to derive from French pique-puce, "flea-bite", because the local monks used to cure skin diseases that caused wounds that resembled fleabites.The cemetery is of particular interest to American visitors as it also holds the tomb of the Marquis de Lafayette (1757–1834), over which an American flag is always present.