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Pere Lachaise Cemetery burials?

Are the graves in Pere Lachaise really vaults where the casket is lowered into a cement or brick enclosure then a marble or granite lid is cemented over it, and no dirt is used?

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1. Yes yes go to wiki and you will see the pictures. Just cement deals and no dirt. Père-Lachaise Cemetery (French: Cimetière du Père-Lachaise) (officially, cimetière de l'Est “eastern cemetery”) ( 48°51′43″N, 2°23′39″E) is the largest cemetery in the city of Paris, France at 118 acres[1] (48 ha), though there are larger cemeteries in Paris suburbs. Père-Lachaise is one of the most famous in the world. Located in the 20e arrondissement, it is reputed to be the world's most-visited cemetery, attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors annually to the graves of those who have enhanced French life over the past 200 years. It is also the site of five Great War memorials. Père-Lachaise is located on Boulevard de Ménilmontant. Métro station Philippe Auguste on line 2 is next to the main entrance, while the station called Père Lachaise, on lines 2 or 3, is 500 metres away near a side entrance. (Many tourists are reported to prefer the Gambetta station on line 3 as it allows them to enter near the tomb of Oscar Wilde and go downhill to visit the rest of the cemetery.)