Montparnasse

[mawn-par-nas]

noun

1. a district in S Paris, France, on the left bank of the Seine: noted for its cafés and the artists and writers who have frequented and lived in the area.

Montparnasse

/ mɔ̃parnas /

noun

1. a district of S Paris, on the left bank of the Seine: noted for its cafés, frequented by artists, writers, and students

Example Sentences

For decades, being laid to rest near the likes of The Doors singer Jim Morrison at the Pere-Lachaise cemetery or the writer Simone de Beauvoir across the River Seine in Montparnasse has been a pipe dream for Parisians.

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The authorities in the French capital launched a lottery on Monday, offering 30 monuments for sale in a raffle -- 10 at Pere-Lachaise, 10 at Montparnasse and 10 at Montmartre.

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The city of Paris has launched a lottery to restore funerary monuments within the overcrowded cemeteries of Père-Lachaise, Montparnasse and Montmartre.

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Writers Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Samuel Beckett and singer Serge Gainsbourg were laid to rest at Montparnasse, while actress Jane Birkin's ashes were interned there.

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To close out the show with melodrama, Pechuga Vintage studio director Priscilla Yael prowled in a sensual black Vivienne Westwood demi-couture dress, Vivienne Westwood shoes and a Kiki de Montparnasse mask, with her hands tied and her eyes blindfolded in black lace.

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