The Cimetière Saint-Pierre, located at 380 Rue Saint-Pierre in the 5th arrondissement of Marseille, is the largest cemetery in the city. It is the third largest cemetery in France after the Cimetière parisien de Pantin and the Cimetière parisien de Thiais. It was established on 25 September 1855 and inaugurated on 30 December 1863.
The cemetery houses a remarkable collection of notable burials from various domains, including art, politics, military, and sports. Antonin Artaud, Léo Nègre, Edmond Rostand, Vincent Scotto, Henri Verneuil, Henri Alibert, Rellys, Gaby Deslys, Berthe Sylva, Ernest Reyer, Émile Loubon, Pierre Ambrogiani, Valère Bernard, Charles Camoin, Antoine Marius Gianelli, Paul Gondard, Henri Christiné, Andrée Turcy, Élie-Jean Vézien, Auguste Vimar, André Roussin, Constant Roux, Antoine Sartorio, Louis Ducreux, Antoine Ferrari, Milly Mathis, Alida Rouffe, Jean-Vital Jammes, René Sarvil, Gabriel Signoret, Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli, Alphonse Moutte, Dominique Piazza, Charles Armand Septime de Faÿ de La Tour-Maubourg, Alphonse Esquiros, Joseph Thierry, Albert Littolff, François Charles-Roux, Émile Muselier, Germaine Poinso-Chapuis, Gaston Defferre, Fifi Turin, and Georges N'Guyen Van Loc are some of the notable burials.
The cemetery features work from architects such as Pascal Coste and Michel-Robert Penchaud.
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Written by Nicolo Ciampini
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