Saint Roch Cemetery
Encyclopedia
Saint Roch Cemetery is the first municipal cemetery in the city of Grenoble
, France. Blessed by the bishop of Grenoble Claude Simon on 19 august 1810. It is the largest cemetery
in the city with 13 ha
, (32.11 acres).
Located rue du Souvenir, alongside the Isère, in the district of Ile Verte
, it is the only cemetery intramural city and has currently 25,000 graves over an area 13 hectares. The city has another cemetery, that of Grand Sablon, on the neighboring city of La Tronche
.
Political leaders, military or artististiques are buried in this cemetery. But the most important tombs are represented by manufacturers of gloves.
Sculptors Victor Sappey
, Henri Ding
, Eustache Bernard, Aimé Charles Irvoy
, Urbain Basset are buried in this cemetery. Many mayors of the city since the French Revolution's are buried in this cemetery. Since Joseph-Marie de Barral, mayor in 1790, to Albert Michallon, mayor from 1959 to 1965. The painters Jules flandrin
and Jean Achard
are buried in St Roch.
The most prestigious monument in Saint Roch cemetery is the chapel of Saint Roch, built in 1826 to replace the old chapel bearing the same name, built in the fifteenth century near a hospital for lepers.
Grenoble
Grenoble is a city in southeastern France, at the foot of the French Alps where the river Drac joins the Isère. Located in the Rhône-Alpes region, Grenoble is the capital of the department of Isère...
, France. Blessed by the bishop of Grenoble Claude Simon on 19 august 1810. It is the largest 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...
in the city with 13 ha
Hectare
The hectare is a metric unit of area defined as 10,000 square metres , and primarily used in the measurement of land. In 1795, when the metric system was introduced, the are was defined as being 100 square metres and the hectare was thus 100 ares or 1/100 km2...
, (32.11 acres).
Located rue du Souvenir, alongside the Isère, in the district of Ile Verte
Île Verte
There are several places called Île Verte :* Île Verte , France* Île Verte , Quebec, Canada* the French name for Green Island , Newfoundland and Labrador...
, it is the only cemetery intramural city and has currently 25,000 graves over an area 13 hectares. The city has another cemetery, that of Grand Sablon, on the neighboring city of La Tronche
La Tronche
La Tronche is a commune in the Isère department in south-eastern France.-See also:*Communes of the Isère department...
.
Political leaders, military or artististiques are buried in this cemetery. But the most important tombs are represented by manufacturers of gloves.
Sculptors Victor Sappey
Victor Sappey
Victor Sappey , also known as Pierre-Victor Sappey, is a French sculptor. His father was a stonemason.-Biography:...
, Henri Ding
Henri Ding
Henri Ding was a French sculptor.Ding's most famous work is the Fontaine des trois ordres on the place Notre-Dame in Grenoble...
, Eustache Bernard, Aimé Charles Irvoy
Aimé Charles Irvoy
Aimé Charles Irvoy was a French sculptor who lived and worked in Grenoble....
, Urbain Basset are buried in this cemetery. Many mayors of the city since the French Revolution's are buried in this cemetery. Since Joseph-Marie de Barral, mayor in 1790, to Albert Michallon, mayor from 1959 to 1965. The painters Jules flandrin
Jules Flandrin
Jules Flandrin was a French painter, printer and draughtsman. He was a pupil of Gustave Moreau. He was a contemporary of Henri Matisse, Georges Rouault and Albert Marquet. He became somewhat famous for being fairly conformist early in his career but later in life he made more emotional and less...
and Jean Achard
Jean Achard
Jean Alexis Achard was a French painter.-Biography:Born in Voreppe, Isère, into a farming family, Jean Alexis Achard was self-taught and started his career as a clerk for a lawyer. He began his apprenticeship by copying paintings at the Museum of Grenoble...
are buried in St Roch.
The most prestigious monument in Saint Roch cemetery is the chapel of Saint Roch, built in 1826 to replace the old chapel bearing the same name, built in the fifteenth century near a hospital for lepers.