Monaco Cemetery Explained
| Monaco Cemetery |
| Country: | Monaco |
| Location: | La Colle |
| Type: | Public, non-denominational |
| Findagraveid: | 639670 |
The Monaco Cemetery (French: Cimetière de Monaco) is a cemetery in La Colle, Principality of Monaco.[1]
Overview
The cemetery contained 2350 tombs until 2014, when 198 more were built.[1] It is open to the public from 8am to 7pm in the summer and from 8am to 6pm in the winter.[1]
Many sculptures in the cemetery were designed by Umberto Bassignani.[2]
Since 2008, two computer screens at the entry gate enable visitors to locate specific tombs before they go in.
On 27 August 2015 Albert II, Prince of Monaco dedicated a memorial stele in honour of foreign Jews who were taken from Monegasque hotels by the Nazis during the night of 27–28 August 1942.[3]
Notable burials
- Josephine Baker, American-French entertainer, civil rights activist, and war heroine and her fourth husband, composer Jo Bouillon[4]
- Marie Bell and her husband Jean Chevrier, actors[4]
- Jules Bianchi, Formula One driver
- Anthony Burgess, writer
- Silas Burroughs, pharmacist
- Cécile Chaminade, composer
- Jean Chevrier, actor
- Léo Ferré, poet and composer[4]
- Jean-Michel Folon, artist[5]
- Lewis Gilbert, screenwriter and director
- Sir Roger Moore, British actor[6]
- Princess Ashraf Pahlavi, twin sister of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran, and a member of the Pahlavi dynasty[7]
- Henryk Szeryng, violinist
There are two Commonwealth War Graves Commission graves at the cemetery. They are the graves of two British soldiers of the First World War; Private A. C. V. Dyer of the Royal Army Medical Corps, who died in May 1917 aged 22, and Captain Leo Lucas Ralli (of the Ralli baronets) of the Army Service Corps who died in April 1917 aged 33.[8]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Le cimetière. Ville de Monaco. December 26, 2015.
- Web site: La Mairie de Monaco rend hommage à Umberto Bassignani, sculpteur. Mairie de Monaco. May 4, 2017.
- News: Floux. Florence. Le prince Albert demande pardon pour l'arrestation de juifs à Monaco. December 26, 2015. 20 Minutes. August 27, 2015.
- Web site: Visite funéraire de Monaco. Amis et Passionés du Père-Lachaise. December 26, 2015.
- News: Verany. Cedric. Monaco Cimetière : des bornes interactives pour retrouver les tombes. December 26, 2015. Monaco Matin. November 1, 2008.
- Book: Gareth Owen. Raising an Eyebrow: My Life with Sir Roger Moore. 2020. History Press. 978-0-7509-9449-1. 218.
- News: Obsèques d'Ashraf Pahlavi: Farah Diba en deuil, adieu discret à la soeur du Shah. Pure People. 19 January 2016.
- Web site: Monaco Principality Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. October 11, 2016.
