Monaco Cemetery
The Monaco Cemetery (French: "Cimetière de Monaco") is the only cemetery in Monaco.[1]
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| Location | |
| Country | Monaco |
| Coordinates | 43.72926°N 7.41163°E |
| Type | Public, non-denominational |
| Find a Grave | Monaco Cemetery |
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.[3]
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.[4]
Notable burials
- Josephine Baker, American dancer, entertainer and war hero and her fourth husband, composer Jo Bouillon[5]
- Marie Bell and her husband Jean Chevrier,[5] actors
- Anthony Burgess, writer
- Silas Burroughs, pharmacist
- Léo Ferré,[5] poet and composer
- Jean-Michel Folon,[3] artist
- 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
- Jules Bianchi, Marussia Formula One driver and godfather of Scuderia Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc
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]
References
- "Le cimetière". Ville de Monaco. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
- "La Mairie de Monaco rend hommage à Umberto Bassignani, sculpteur". Mairie de Monaco. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
- Verany, Cedric (November 1, 2008). "Monaco Cimetière : des bornes interactives pour retrouver les tombes". Monaco Matin. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
- Floux, Florence (August 27, 2015). "Le prince Albert demande pardon pour l'arrestation de juifs à Monaco". 20 Minutes. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
- "Visite funéraire de Monaco". Amis et Passionés du Père-Lachaise. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
- Gareth Owen (27 January 2020). Raising an Eyebrow: My Life with Sir Roger Moore. History Press. p. 218. ISBN 978-0-7509-9449-1.
- "Obsèques d'Ashraf Pahlavi: Farah Diba en deuil, adieu discret à la soeur du Shah". Pure People. 19 January 2016. (in French)
- "Monaco Principality Cemetery". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved October 11, 2016.