VIDEO: Incredible timelapse video of Paris cemetery goes viral

A timelapse of the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris has swept the internet and gone viral.

The timelapse, created by Mathieu Stern is haunting yet beautiful and was made with the intention of telling the story of life and death.

It has 70,000 ornate tombs of the rich and famous It is the final resting place for famous names such as Oscar Wilde and Jim Morrison, who are among the one million people buried there.