Vieux Château Cemetery

The Old Castle Cemetery, in Menton

The Old Castle Cemetery crowns the hill of Menton, on the site of the former castle, offering an exceptional panorama. The Menton audio-guided tour stops here, with respect, to evoke this place of memory laden with history, facing the sea.

The place of memory at the top of the hill

The Old Castle Cemetery occupies the top of the hill that dominates the old town of Menton, on the site of the former castle, today disappeared. Laid out in terraces, this place of contemplation offers an exceptional panorama over the town, the sea and the coast. It shelters the graves of numerous notable people, notably foreign winter visitors, English and Russian, who came in the nineteenth century to seek the mildness of the climate of Menton and who rest there. A moving witness of the cosmopolitan past of the city, the Old Castle Cemetery is discovered with respect and contemplation, in the calm of the heights.

What to see

Here you discover, with respect and contemplation, this place of memory laid out in terraces at the top of the hill, on the site of the former castle, with its graves of foreign winter visitors and an exceptional panorama over the town and the sea. The Old Castle Cemetery testifies to the cosmopolitan past of Menton. It is a stop to be discovered with respect.

Practical information

The Old Castle Cemetery lies at the top of the hill that dominates the old town of Menton, reachable on foot by a climb. It is a place of contemplation open according to its own hours, which vary. It is best to respect the tranquillity and the character of the place, and to enjoy the panorama on a clear day.

Why do foreigners rest at the Old Castle Cemetery?

Numerous foreign winter visitors, English and Russian notably, came in the nineteenth century to seek the mildness of the climate of Menton and rest there; this place of memory testifies to the cosmopolitan past of the town.

Where is the Old Castle Cemetery?

At the top of the hill that dominates the old town of Menton, in France.