Saint-Pierre Cemetery (Aix-en-Provence)

The Saint-Pierre Cemetery (French: "") 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. 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
• Konstanty Gaszyński (1809-1866) - Polish romantic poet, insurgent
• 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.

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