The City of the Dead: France's Largest Graveyard

The Saint Pierre Cemetery, located at 380 Rue Saint-Pierre in the 5th arrondissement of Marseille, is not just the largest cemetery in the city but also one of the most significant in all of France. 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. [a] Antonin Artaud, Léo Nègre, Edmond Rostand, Vincent Scotto, Henri Verneuil, Henri Alibert, Rellys, Gaby Deslys, Berthe Sylva, Ernest Reyer, Émile Loubon, Pierre Ambrogiani, Pierre Travaux, Valère Bernard, Charles Camoin, Antoine Marius Gianelli, Paul Gondard, Henri Christiné, Andrée Turcy, Élie-Jean Vézien, Auguste Vimar, André Roussin, Constant Roux, Antoine Sartori, Louis Ducreux, Antoine Ferrari, Milly Mathis, Alida Rouffe, Jean-Vital Jammes, René Sarvil, Gabriel Signoret, Adolph 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, Georges N’Guyen Van Loc are some of the notable burials.

As you walk through the cemetery, you’ll come across some beautiful architecture and design, attributed to famous architects such as Pascal Coste and Michel-Robert Penchaud.

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