Saint-Pierre Cemetery (Aix-en-Provence)

The Saint-Pierre Cemetery (French: "Cimetière Saint-Pierre") is a cemetery in Aix-en-Provence. It is home to the burials of many renowned painters and sculptors.

Location[]

It is located on the Avenue Des Déportés de la Résistance Aixoise in Aix-en-Provence.^[1] It is opposite the Stade Georges Carcassonne, a sports stadium.^[1]

History[]

It was established in 1824.^[2][3] It was built upon two former private, adjacacent cemeteries: a Jewish one and a Protestant one.^[2][3] It spans seven hectares.^[2]

Notable burials[]

• (1922–1995), sculptor.^[3]
• Henri Brémond (1865–1933), Jesuit author
• Paul Cézanne (1839–1906), painter.^[2][3][4]
• Jean-Antoine Constantin (1744–1844), painter
• Achille Empéraire (1829–1898), painter
• Hippolyte Ferrat (1822–1882), sculptor
• Louis Nicolas Philippe Auguste de Forbin (1779–1841), painter
• Jean-Baptiste Gaut (1819–1891), author
• (1855–1947), painter
• René Génin (1890–1967), actor
• Louise Germain (1874–1939), painter
• Victor Leydet (1845–1908), politician
• François Mignet (1796–1884), historian
• Darius Milhaud (1892–1974), composer.^[2][3]
• Sextius Alexandre François de Miollis (1759–1828), military general
• Agricol Moureau (1766–1842), Sans-culotte
• Jean Murat (1888–1968), comedian
• (1849–1927), painter
• Joseph Ravaisou (1865–1925), painter
• John Rewald (1912–1994).^[4]
• Henri Émilien Rousseau (1875–1933), painter
• Philippe Solari (1840–1906), sculptor
• François Vidal (1832–1911), Félibrige activist, poet
• Joseph Villevieille (1829–1916), painter
• François Zola (1796–1847), dam-builder and father of Émile Zola.^[2]

References[]

Coordinates: 43°31′26″N 5°27′34″E / 43.5238°N 5.4595°E / 43.5238; 5.4595