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Saint Pierre Cemetery (Aix en Provence)

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Established
  
1824

Country
  
France

Date formed
  
1824

Location
  
Aix-en-Provence

Phone
  
+33 4 42 21 40 53

Type
  
Public, non-denominational

Address
  
Grand Site Sainte-Victoire, Avenue des Déportés de la Résistance Aixoise, 13100 Aix-en-Provence, France

Hours
  
Open today · 8AM–12PM, 2–5:30PMWednesday8AM–12PM, 2–5:30PMThursday8AM–12PM, 2–5:30PMFriday8AM–12PM, 2–5:30PMSaturday8AM–12PM, 2–5:30PMSunday8AM–12PM, 2–5:30PMMonday8AM–12PM, 2–5:30PMTuesday8AM–12PM, 2–5:30PMSuggest an edit

Similar
  
Cimetière, Cimetière des Milles, Cimetière d'Aix, Cimetière Saint Antoine, Domaine Du Grand Saint Jean

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.

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Location

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

History

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

Notable burials

  • Jean Amado (1922–1995), sculptor.
  • Henri Brémond (1865–1933), Jesuit author
  • Paul Cézanne (1839–1906), painter.
  • 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
  • Louis Gautier (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.
  • Sextius Alexandre François de Miollis (1759–1828), military general
  • Agricol Moureau (1766–1842), Sans-culotte
  • Jean Murat (1888–1968), comedian
  • Barthélémy Niollon (1849–1927), painter
  • Joseph Ravaisou (1865–1925), painter
  • John Rewald (1912–1994).
  • 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.

    • References

    Saint-Pierre Cemetery (Aix-en-Provence) Wikipedia
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