Cimetière Saint-Pierre (Marseille)
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| Established | 1863 |
| Location | 380 Rue Saint-Pierre, 13005 Marseille |
| Country | France |
| Coordinates | 43°17′28″N 5°24′45″E / 43.29111°N 5.41250°E |
| Size | 63 ha (160 acres) |
| Find a Grave | Cimetière Saint-Pierre |
The Cimetière Saint-Pierre is the largest cemetery in the city of Marseille, Southern France.[1]
Location
[edit]It is located at number 380 on Rue Saint-Pierre in the 5th arrondissement of Marseille.[2][3]
Overview
[edit]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 located in the Parisian region.[1] It was established on 25 September 1855.[1] However, it was only inaugurated on 30 December 1863.[1]
Notable burials
[edit]Artists
[edit]- Antonin Artaud (1896–1948), playwright
- Léo Nègre (1906–1998), songwriter
- Edmond Rostand (1868–1918), playwright
- Vincent Scotto (1874–1952), music composer
- Henri Verneuil (1920–2002), screenwriter
- Henri 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ a b c d Boulaméry Odette, Le cimetière Saint-Pierre de Marseille, Marseille: Comité du Vieux-Marseille, 1999
- ^ Google Map
- ^ Yellow Pages
External links
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