Post #1167659
2026-04-07 19:19 UTC
Oscar Wilde's grave at Père-Lachaise cemetary today - much of it behind safety glass nowadays.
edit: The glass was put up in 2011 not because of homophobic slurs, but because so many people kissed it that the lipstick damaged the stone...:)
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@Curry@theforkiverse.com 2026-04-07 19:31
@LaD_Hallo - The last time I visited the grave (in 2000), it was covered in red lipstick kisses. I wonder when they put this behind the protection?
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@TonyTrehy@mastodonapp.uk 2026-04-07 19:39
@LaD_Hallo sculpted by Jacob Epstein