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Paris is a bucket list destination of travelers around the world, and rightfully so. Home to some of the most iconic artistic, architectural and culinary treasures in the world, there’s always plenty to see, do and taste in The City of Light — the Eiffel Tower, the Champs-Élysées, Nôtre Dame Cathedral, the Louvre and Nutella-filled crêpes, to name a …
" " In his short, 39-year lifetime, Frédéric Chopin wrote two concertos, four ballades, 24 etudes, 57 mazurkas and many other pieces of music, including sonatas, waltzes, nocturnes, études and scherzos. Photos.com-Getty Images/ZU_09-Getty Images/Howstuffworks Writer Ted Libby may have said it best in his 2010 NPR article celebrating 200 years of the musical genius Frédéric Chopin. Libby argues that no one before or since Chopin has contributed as many significant piano works and writes that Chopin's impact on other musicians is "entirely out of proportion to the number of concerts ...
" " The recumbent bronze statue of Fernand Arbelot (1880-1942) holding in his hands the face of his beloved. He is remembered for his one desire in death: to forever gaze upon the face of his wife. Arbelot died in Paris during the German Nazi occupation. Bruno De Hogues/Getty Images Millions of people enter the grounds of Père Lachaise in Paris each year. Some of them never, ever leave. It is, after all, one of the most famous cemeteries in the world – and although it's strongly linked to death, Père Lachaise is perhaps better known for its great beauty and the incredible demand fo...