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Dumas remains moved to the Pantheon.(French author Alexandre Dumas )(Brief Article)

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Taking his place alongside Victor Hugo and Emile Zola, the remains of the world's most-read French author Alexandre Dumas have been moved from his home town of Villers-Cotterets to the Pantheon in Paris.

Thousands of fans turned out to watch as the coffin - which was covered in blue velvet inscribed with the famous words "All for one, one for all" - was taken from the Senate to the Pantheon in a procession which included 100 actors dressed as characters from Dumas works.

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