Saint-Pierre Cemetery (Aix-en-Provence)

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.

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.