Saint-Pierre Cemetery (Aix-en-Provence)
The Saint-Pierre Cemetery 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, sculptor.
- Henri Brémond, Jesuit author
- Paul Cézanne, painter.
- Jean-Antoine Constantin, painter
- Achille Empéraire, painter
- Hippolyte Ferrat, sculptor
- Louis Nicolas Philippe Auguste de Forbin, painter
- Jean-Baptiste Gaut, author
- Louis Gautier, painter
- René Génin, actor
- Louise Germain, painter
- Victor Leydet, politician
- François Mignet, historian
- Darius Milhaud, composer.
- Sextius Alexandre François de Miollis, military general
- Agricol Moureau, Sans-culotte
- Jean Murat, comedian
- Barthélémy Niollon, painter
- Joseph Ravaisou, painter
- John Rewald.
- Henri Émilien Rousseau, painter
- Philippe Solari, sculptor
- François Vidal, Félibrige activist, poet
- Joseph Villevieille, painter
- François Zola, dam-builder and father of Émile Zola.
