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**main gate of the Pere Lachaise**
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Instance of	portal; architectural structure;
Part of	Père Lachaise Cemetery;
Made from material	limestone; wood;
Location	Père Lachaise Cemetery, Quartier du Père-Lachaise, 20th arrondissement of Paris, Paris, Grand Paris, France
Located on street	Père Lachaise Cemetery;
Architect	Étienne-Hippolyte Godde;
Heritage designation	classified historical monument (1983–);
Inception	1825;
	Category:Uses of Wikidata Infobox with maps48° 51′ 36.03″ N, 2° 23′ 21.56″ E
Authority file
	Q22915151; Mérimée ID: PA00086780
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Main gate of the Père-Lachaise Cemetery

This building is classé au titre des monuments historiques de la France. It is indexed in the base Mérimée, a database of architectural heritage maintained by the French Ministry of Culture, under the reference PA00086780

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Étienne-Hippolyte Godde: main gate of the Pere Lachaise

Architect

Étienne-Hippolyte Godde (1781–1869)
Alternative names	Etienne-Hippolyte Godde; Hippolyte Godde; Etienne Hyppolite Godde; Etienne Hippolyte Godde
Description	French architect
Date of birth/death	26 December 1781	1869
Location of birth/death	Breteuil-sur-Oise	Paris
Work period	1801-1848
Authority file	: Q289151 VIAF: 47699917 ISNI: 0000000066825989 ULAN: 500033636 GND: 124651232 SUDOC: 181343150 NLP: a0000003671374

Title

English: main gate

Français : Porte d'entrée principale

Part of

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Object type

portal / architectural structure

Description

Français : Entrée en forme d'hémicycle décoré de sabliers et de torches renversées. Les pilastres sont recouverts d'inscriptions latines. À l'origine, les battants de la porte comportaient l'inscription Scio quòd redemptor meus vivit et in novissimo die de terrâ surrecturus sum. (Je sais que mon rédempteur est vivant, et qu’au dernier jour je ressusciterai de la terre où je serai enseveli.)

Date

1820

Medium

limestone and wood Category:Pages with complex technique templates

Collection

Père Lachaise Cemetery

	Native name	Cimetière du Père-Lachaise
	Parent institution
	Location	8 Boulevard de Ménilmontant 75020 Paris France
	Coordinates	48° 51′ 40″ N, 2° 23′ 39″ E
	Established	1804
	Authority file	: Q311 VIAF: 135988342 LCCN: n82144566 OSM: 11838120 GND: 4075890-4 SUDOC: 027502864 WorldCat

Object location

48° 51′ 36″ N, 2° 23′ 21.6″ E

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Object history

Français : 1883 : suppression de la croix et des inscriptions religieuses suite à la délibération du conseil municipal de Paris du 8 décembre 1882

Inscriptions

recto left in engraving:

SPES•ILLORUM / IMMORTALITATE / PLENA•EST Sapient III IV

Category:Objects with inscriptions in Latin needing translation

recto right in engraving:

QUICREDIT IN ME / ETIAM SI MORTUUS / FUERIT VIVET Jean XI

Category:Objects with inscriptions in Latin needing translation

References