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On the other side of the piazza from the carousel is the magnificent 19th-century cemetery where Jeanne Giraud is kidnapped and from which Alice escapes Paul Authié’s henchmen to head north to Chartres and her fateful meetings with Will, Marie-Cécile and François-Baptiste.
‘Alice walked slowly up the central aisle, feeling suddenly on edge. She found the atmosphere oppressive. Grey sculpted headstones, white porcelain cameos and black granite inscriptions marking birth and death, resting places bought by local families à perpétuité to mark their passing.’
In the summer, this is the place to find the calèches – open horse-drawn carriages – for a tour of the Cité.
