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The '''Monaco Cemetery''' (French: "Cimetière de Monaco") is the only [[cemetery]] in [[Monaco]].<ref name=villecimetiere>{{cite web|title=Le cimetière|url=http://www.mairie.mc/poles/pratique/cimetiere/le-cimetiere|website=Ville de Monaco|accessdate=December 26, 2015}}</ref>
The '''Monaco Cemetery''' (French: ''Cimetière de Monaco'') is a cemetery in [[La Colle, Monaco|La Colle]], Principality of [[Monaco]].<ref name=villecimetiere>{{cite web|title=Le cimetière|url=http://www.mairie.mc/poles/pratique/cimetiere/le-cimetiere|website=Ville de Monaco|access-date=December 26, 2015}}</ref>


==Overview==
==Overview==
The cemetery contained 2350 tombs until 2014, when 198 more were built.<ref name=villecimetiere/> It is open to the public from 8am to 7pm in the summer and from 8am to 6pm in the winter.<ref name=villecimetiere/>
The cemetery contained 2350 tombs until 2014, when 198 more were built.<ref name=villecimetiere/> It is open to the public from 8am to 7pm in the summer and from 8am to 6pm in the winter.<ref name=villecimetiere/>


Many sculptures in the cemetery were designed by [[Umberto Bassignani]].<ref name="mairieumberto">{{cite web|title=La Mairie de Monaco rend hommage à Umberto Bassignani, sculpteur|url=http://www.mairie.mc/actualites/2017/5/la-mairie-de-monaco-rend-hommage-a-umberto-bassignani-sculpteur-02-05-2017|website=Mairie de Monaco|accessdate=May 4, 2017}}</ref>
Many sculptures in the cemetery were designed by [[Umberto Bassignani]].<ref name="mairieumberto">{{cite web|title=La Mairie de Monaco rend hommage à Umberto Bassignani, sculpteur|url=http://www.mairie.mc/actualites/2017/5/la-mairie-de-monaco-rend-hommage-a-umberto-bassignani-sculpteur-02-05-2017|website=Mairie de Monaco|access-date=May 4, 2017}}</ref>


Since 2008, two computer screens at the entry gate enable visitors to locate specific tombs before they go in.<ref name=desbornesmonacocimetiere/>
Since 2008, two computer screens at the entry gate enable visitors to locate specific tombs before they go in.<ref name=desbornesmonacocimetiere/>


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.<ref name=demandepardon20min>{{cite news|last1=Floux|first1=Florence|title=Le prince Albert demande pardon pour l'arrestation de juifs à Monaco|url=http://www.20minutes.fr/monde/1674215-20150827-prince-albert-demande-pardon-arrestation-juifs-monaco|accessdate=December 26, 2015|work=20 Minutes|date=August 27, 2015}}</ref>
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.<ref name=demandepardon20min>{{cite news|last1=Floux|first1=Florence|title=Le prince Albert demande pardon pour l'arrestation de juifs à Monaco|url=http://www.20minutes.fr/monde/1674215-20150827-prince-albert-demande-pardon-arrestation-juifs-monaco|access-date=December 26, 2015|work=20 Minutes|date=August 27, 2015}}</ref>


==Notable Burials==
==Notable burials==
*[[Josephine Baker]] American dancer, entertainer and war hero and her fourth husband, composer [[Jo Bouillon]],<ref name=amisperemonaco>{{cite web|title=Visite funéraire de Monaco|url=http://www.appl-lachaise.net/appl/article.php3?id_article=59|website=Amis et Passionés du Père-Lachaise|accessdate=December 26, 2015}}</ref>
* [[Josephine Baker]], American-French entertainer, civil rights activist, and war heroine and her fourth husband, composer [[Jo Bouillon]]<ref name=amisperemonaco>{{cite web|title=Visite funéraire de Monaco|url=http://www.appl-lachaise.net/appl/article.php3?id_article=59|website=Amis et Passionés du Père-Lachaise|access-date=December 26, 2015}}</ref>
*[[Marie Bell]] and her husband [[Jean Chevrier]],<ref name=amisperemonaco/> actors
* [[Marie Bell]] and her husband [[Jean Chevrier]], actors<ref name=amisperemonaco/>
* [[Jules Bianchi]], [[Formula One]] driver
*[[Anthony Burgess]] writer
*[[Silas M. Burroughs (pharmacist)|Silas Burroughs]], pharmacist
* [[Anthony Burgess]], writer
* [[Silas M. Burroughs (pharmacist)|Silas Burroughs]], pharmacist
*[[Léo Ferré]],<ref name=amisperemonaco/> poet and composer
* [[Cécile Chaminade]], composer
* [[Jean Chevrier]], actor
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*[[Jean-Michel Folon]],<ref name=desbornesmonacocimetiere>{{cite news|last1=Verany|first1=Cedric|title=Monaco Cimetière : des bornes interactives pour retrouver les tombes|url=http://archives.monacomatin.mc/article/societe/monaco-cimetiere-des-bornes-interactives-pour-retrouver-les-tombes.41578.html|accessdate=December 26, 2015|work=[[Monaco Matin]]|date=November 1, 2008}}</ref> artist
* [[Léo Ferré]], poet and composer<ref name=amisperemonaco/>
*[[Roger Moore]] actor known for playing [[James Bond (literary character)|James Bond]] in [[James Bond in film|films]]
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* [[Jean-Michel Folon]], artist<ref name=desbornesmonacocimetiere>{{cite news|last1=Verany|first1=Cedric|title=Monaco Cimetière : des bornes interactives pour retrouver les tombes|url=http://archives.monacomatin.mc/article/societe/monaco-cimetiere-des-bornes-interactives-pour-retrouver-les-tombes.41578.html|access-date=December 26, 2015|work=[[Monaco Matin]]|date=November 1, 2008}}</ref>
*[[Princess Ashraf Pahlavi]]
* [[Lewis Gilbert]], screenwriter and director
* [[Sir Roger Moore]], British actor<ref name="Owen2020">{{cite book|author=Gareth Owen|title=Raising an Eyebrow: My Life with Sir Roger Moore|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SrPDDwAAQBAJ|year= 2020|publisher=History Press|isbn=978-0-7509-9449-1|page=218}}</ref>
* [[Ashraf Pahlavi|Princess Ashraf Pahlavi]], twin sister of [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]], the last [[Shah]] of [[Iran]], and a member of the [[Pahlavi dynasty]]<ref name=Pure>{{Cite news|title=Obsèques d'Ashraf Pahlavi: Farah Diba en deuil, adieu discret à la soeur du Shah|url=http://www.purepeople.com/article/obseques-d-ashraf-pahlavi-farah-diba-en-deuil-adieu-discret-a-la-soeur-du-shah_a171130/1|newspaper=Pure People|date=19 January 2016}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
* [[Henryk Szeryng]], violinist


Two British soldiers of the [[First World War]] are buried at the cemetery; Private A. C. V. Dyer of the Royal 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.<ref name=CWGC>{{cite web|title=Monaco Principality Cemetery|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/34014/MONACO%20PRINCIPALITY%20CEMETERY|website=[[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]]|accessdate=October 11, 2016}}</ref>
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 [[Royal Army Service Corps|Army Service Corps]] who died in April 1917 aged 33.<ref name=CWGC>{{cite web|title=Monaco Principality Cemetery|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/34014/MONACO%20PRINCIPALITY%20CEMETERY|website=[[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]]|access-date=October 11, 2016}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Find a Grave cemetery}}
* [https://www.shutterstock.com/editorial/image-editorial/monaco-holocaust-monaco-6718170h Photo of the Holocaust Monument in the cemetery]


[[Category:Cemeteries in Monaco]]
[[Category:Cemeteries in Monaco]]
[[Category:Commonwealth War Graves Commissions Cemeteries in Monaco]]
[[Category:Commonwealth War Graves Commissions Cemeteries in Monaco]]
[[Category:La Colle, Monaco]]
[[Category:La Colle, Monaco]]
[[Category:1868 establishments in Monaco]]

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Latest revision as of 12:05, 21 July 2024

Monaco Cemetery
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Location
La Colle
CountryMonaco
Coordinates43°43′45″N 7°24′42″E / 43.72926°N 7.41163°E / 43.72926; 7.41163
TypePublic, non-denominational
Websitewww.mairie.mc/poles/pratique/cimetiere/le-cimetiere
Find a GraveMonaco Cemetery

The Monaco Cemetery (French: Cimetière de Monaco) is a cemetery in La Colle, Principality of Monaco.[1]

Overview

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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

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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

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  1. ^ a b c "Le cimetière". Ville de Monaco. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
  2. ^ "La Mairie de Monaco rend hommage à Umberto Bassignani, sculpteur". Mairie de Monaco. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  3. ^ a b Verany, Cedric (November 1, 2008). "Monaco Cimetière : des bornes interactives pour retrouver les tombes". Monaco Matin. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
  4. ^ Floux, Florence (August 27, 2015). "Le prince Albert demande pardon pour l'arrestation de juifs à Monaco". 20 Minutes. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
  5. ^ a b c "Visite funéraire de Monaco". Amis et Passionés du Père-Lachaise. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
  6. ^ Gareth Owen (2020). Raising an Eyebrow: My Life with Sir Roger Moore. History Press. p. 218. ISBN 978-0-7509-9449-1.
  7. ^ "Obsèques d'Ashraf Pahlavi: Farah Diba en deuil, adieu discret à la soeur du Shah". Pure People. 19 January 2016. (in French)
  8. ^ "Monaco Principality Cemetery". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
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