Cimetière Saint-Pierre (Marseille)

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Cimetière Saint-Pierre

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Details
Location	380 Rue Saint-Pierre, 13005 Marseille
Country	France
Coordinates	43°17′28″N 5°24′45″E / 43.29111°N 5.41250°E / 43.29111; 5.41250Coordinates: 43°17′28″N 5°24′45″E / 43.29111°N 5.41250°E / 43.29111; 5.41250
Size	63 ha (160 acres)

The Cimetière Saint-Pierre is the largest cemetery in the city of Marseille, Southern France.^[1]

Location[]

It is located at number 380 on 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 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[]

Artists[]

• Antonin Artaud (1896–1948), playwright
• (1906–1998), songwriter
• Edmond Rostand (1868–1918), playwright
• Vincent Scotto (1874–1952), music composer
• Henri Verneuil (1920–2002), screenwriter
• (1889–1951), actor
• Rellys (1905–1991), actor
• Gaby Deslys (1881–1920), singer
• (1885–1941), singer
• Ernest Reyer (1823–1909), music composer
• Émile Loubon (1809–1863), painter
• (1906–1985), painter
• Valère Bernard (1860–1936), painter
• Charles Camoin (1879–1965), painter
• (1896–1983), painter
• Paul Gondard (1884–1953), sculptor
• Henri Christiné (1867–1941), music composer
• (1891–1974), actor
• Élie-Jean Vézien (1890–1982), sculptor
• (1851–1916), illustrator
• André Roussin (1911–1987), playwright
• Constant Roux (1869–1942), sculptor
• Antoine Sartorio (1885–1988), sculptor
• Louis Ducreux (1911–1992), screenwriter
• (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
• (1860–1941), illustrator

Politicians and military personnel[]

• (1801–1845), diplomat and politician
• Alphonse Esquiros (1812–1876), poet and politician
• Joseph Thierry (1857–1918), politician
• (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
• (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[]

• (1873–1936), missionary in Indochina
• , inventor of Sirop de Picon
• and , founders of Noilly Prat
• Jules Charles-Roux (1841–1918), businessman and philanthropist
• (1820–1869), engineer
• Pascal Coste (1787–1879), architect
• (1831–1909), businessman
• Michel-Robert Penchaud (1772–1833), architect
• (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[]

External links[]

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