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Benches at Père Lachaise: Designing Pauses
A small meditation on benches as devices for rest, attention, and reading of place.
2/15/2026
14 min read
Benches structure pauses. Sitting changes attention and tempo, letting the cemetery speak softly.
Notes
- Placement: Near nodes.
- Shade: Comfort.
- View: Framed scenes.
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Rest becomes reading — a pause as lens.
About the Author
Landscape Observer
As a long-time Paris walker and storyteller, I created this guide to help visitors find their way through Père Lachaise — from legends and love stories to quiet memorials and the everyday tenderness of remembrance.
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Père Lachaise
Benches
Rest
Contemplation
Design
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