Saint-Vincent Cemetery
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Saint-Vincent Cemetery at 6, rue Lucien-Gaulard in the Montmartre
Quarter of Paris
, France
was opened on January 5, 1831. It was Montmartre's second cemetery
, built after the Cimetière du Calvaire had been filled. It is a small cemetery with just over 900 graves.
Montmartre
Montmartre is a hill which is 130 metres high, giving its name to the surrounding district, in the north of Paris in the 18th arrondissement, a part of the Right Bank. Montmartre is primarily known for the white-domed Basilica of the Sacré Cœur on its summit and as a nightclub district...
Quarter of Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
was opened on January 5, 1831. It was Montmartre's second cemetery
Cemetery
A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. The term "cemetery" implies that the land is specifically designated as a burying ground. Cemeteries in the Western world are where the final ceremonies of death are observed...
, built after the Cimetière du Calvaire had been filled. It is a small cemetery with just over 900 graves.
Notable interments
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(1906-1996), film director - Jules ChéretJules ChéretJules Chéret was a French painter and lithographer who became a master of Belle Époque poster art. He has been called the father of the modern poster. -Biography:...
(1836-1932), master poster designer - Jean-François DelmasJean-François Delmas (singer)Jean-François Delmas was a French bass-baritone who created roles in many French operas including Athanaël in Thaïs....
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(1885-1973), writer - Arthur HoneggerArthur HoneggerArthur Honegger was a Swiss composer, who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. He was a member of Les six. His most frequently performed work is probably the orchestral work Pacific 231, which is interpreted as imitating the sound of a steam locomotive.-Biography:Born...
(1892-1955), composer - Désiré-Émile InghelbrechtDésiré-Emile InghelbrechtDésiré-Émile Inghelbrecht was a French composer, conductor and writer.- Life and career :Inghelbrecht was born in Paris, the son of a viola-player. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire and made his debut as a conductor in 1908 at the Théâtre des Arts.Inghelbrecht entered the Conservatoire aged 7...
(1880-1965), composer and orchestra leader - Gen PaulGen PaulGen Paul , was a French painter and engraver.-Biography:Born as Eugène Paul in a house in Montmartre on the Rue Lepic painted by Van Gogh, he began drawing and painting as a child. His father died when he was only ten years old and Gen Paul was trained to work in decorative furnishings...
(1895-1975), painter - Paul Sédir (Yvon Le Loup), (1871-1926), writer, philosopher
- Théophile SteinlenThéophile SteinlenThéophile Alexandre Steinlen, frequently referred to as just Steinlen , was a Swiss-born French Art Nouveau painter and printmaker....
(1859-1923) painter - Maurice UtrilloMaurice UtrilloMaurice Utrillo, , born Maurice Valadon, was a French painter who specialized in cityscapes. Born in the Montmartre quarter of Paris, France, Utrillo is one of the few famous painters of Montmartre who were born there....
(1883-1955), painter
Sources
- Landru, Philippe, Cimetière Saint-Vincent de Montmartre, Cimetières de France et d'ailleurs 2009 (in French)