Cimetière Saint-Pierre (Marseille)
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| Location | 380 Rue Saint-Pierre, 13005 Marseille |
| Country | France |
| Size | 63 ha |
The Cimetière Saint-Pierre is the largest cemetery in the town of Marseille, France.[1]
Location
It is located at number 380 on the Rue Saint-Pierre in the 5th arrondissement of Marseille.[2][3]
Overview
The cemetery is the third largest cemetery in France after the Cimetière parisien de Pantin and the Cimetière parisien de Thiais, both of which are based in Paris.[1] It was established on September 25, 1855.[1] However, it was only inaugurated on December 30, 1863.[1]
Notable burials
Artists
- Antonin Artaud (1896-1948), playwight
- Léo Nègre (1906-1998), songwriter
- Edmond Rostand (1868-1918), playwright
- Vincent Scotto (1874-1952), music composer
- Henri Verneuil (1920-2002), screenwriter
- Alibert (1889-1951), actor
- Rellys (1905-1991), actor
- Gaby Deslys (1881-1920), singer
- Berthe Sylva (1885-1941), singer
- Ernest Reyer (1823-1909), music composer
- Émile Loubon (1809-1863), painter
- Pierre Ambrogiani (1906-1985), painter
- Valère Bernard (1860-1936), painter
- Charles Camoin (1879-1965), painter
- Antoine Marius Gianelli (1896-1983), painter
- Paul Gondard (1884-1953), sculptor
- Henri Christiné (1867-1941), music composer
- Andrée Turcy (1891-1974), actor
- Élie-Jean Vézien (1890-1982), sculptor
- Auguste Vimar (1851-1916), illustrator
- André Roussin (1911-1987), playwright
- Constant Roux (1869-1942), sculptor
- Antoine Sartorio (1885-1988), sculptor
- Louis Ducreux (1911-1992), screenwriter
- Antoine Ferrari (1910-1995), painter
- Milly Mathis (1901-1965), actor
- Alida Rouffe (1874-1949), actor
- Jean-Vital Jammes (1825-1893), opera singer
- René Sarvil (1901-1975), actor
- Gabriel Signoret (1878-1937), actor
- Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli (1824-1886), painter
- Alphonse Moutte (1840-1913), painter
- Dominique Piazza (1860-1941), illustrator
Politicians and military personnel
- Charles Armand Septime de Faÿ de La Tour-Maubourg (1801-1845), diplomat and politician
- Alphonse Esquiros (1812-1876), poet and politician
- Joseph Thierry (1857-1918), politician
- Albert Littolff (1911-1943), military pilot
- François Charles-Roux (1879-1961), diplomat
- Émile Muselier (1882-1965), resistant
- Germaine Poinso-Chapuis (1901-1981), politician
- Gaston Defferre (1910-1986), politician
- Georges N'Guyen Van Loc (1933-2008), intelligence chief
Sportspeople
- Gunnar Andersson (1928-1969), football player
- Raymond Grassi (1930-1953), boxer
- Luc Borrelli (1965-1999), football player
- Jean Bouin (1888-1914), runner
- Gustave Ganay (1892-1926), cyclist
- Henri Rougier (1876-1956), cyclist
Other
- Alexandre Chabanon (1873-1936), missionary in Indochina
- Gaétan Picon, inventor of Sirop de Picon
- Louis Noilly and Claudius Prat, founders of Noilly Prat
- Jules Charles-Roux (1841-1918), businessman and philanthropist
- Gustave Desplaces (1820-1869), engineer
- Pascal Coste (1787-1879), architect
- Nicolas Paquet (1831-1909), businessman
- Michel-Robert Penchaud (1772-1833), architect
- Eugène Rostand (1843-1915), economist
- Joseph Héliodore Garcin de Tassy (1794-1878), academic
- Antoine Clot (1793-1868), physician and philanthropist
- Aimé Olivier de Sanderval (1840-1919), explorer
- Antoine-Fortuné Marion (1846-1900), botanist
- Jacques de Morgan (1857-1924), explorer
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Boulaméry Odette, Le cimetière Saint-Pierre de Marseille, Marseille: Comité du Vieux-Marseille, 1999
- ↑ Google Map
- ↑ Yellow Pages
External links
Media related to Cimetière Saint-Pierre (Marseille) at Wikimedia Commons