Guide to Italy's Most Important Monumental Cemeteries
Artribune publishes a guide to Italy's most important monumental cemeteries, highlighting their artistic and architectural significance. The cemeteries covered include Milan's Monumentale, designed by Carlo Maciachini and completed in 1870, featuring sculptures and architecture by artists like Adolfo Wildt. Turin's Monumentale, formerly called 'Generale', hosts tombs of figures like Primo Levi and Rita Levi-Montalcini. Genoa's Staglieno, opened in 1851, was designed by Carlo Barabino and completed by Giovanni Battista Resasco, with a Pantheon and porticoes. Bologna's Certosa, established in 1801 in a former 14th-century Carthusian monastery, contains works by Pasquale Rizzoli and tombs of Giorgio Morandi and Lucio Dalla. Livorno's La Cigna, designed by Riccardo Calocchieri and completed in 1822, spans 110,000 square meters. Rome's Verano, founded under Napoleon and designed by Giuseppe Valadier, features styles from Neoclassicism to Futurism, with works by artists like Giulio Monteverde and Ettore Ximenes. Cagliari's Bonaria, designed by Luigi Damiano and expanded by Gaetano Cima, houses sculptures by local and national artists. The guide emphasizes these sites as open-air museums reflecting Italy's cultural heritage.
Key facts
- Milan's Monumentale cemetery was designed by Carlo Maciachini, approved in 1863, and completed in 1870.
- The Ossario centrale at Milan's Monumentale includes the tomb of Carlo Mozart, son of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- Turin's Monumentale cemetery hosts the tombs of Primo Levi, Fred Buscaglione, and Rita Levi-Montalcini.
- Genoa's Staglieno cemetery opened on January 1, 1851, designed by Carlo Barabino and completed by Giovanni Battista Resasco.
- Bologna's Certosa cemetery was established in 1801 in a former 14th-century Carthusian monastery.
- Livorno's La Cigna cemetery was designed by Riccardo Calocchieri and completed in 1822, covering 110,000 square meters.
- Rome's Verano cemetery was designed by Giuseppe Valadier between 1807 and 1812, consecrated in 1835.
- Cagliari's Bonaria cemetery was designed by Luigi Damiano and expanded by Gaetano Cima in the 19th century.
Entities
Artists
- Carlo Maciachini
- Adolfo Wildt
- Carlo Barabino
- Giovanni Battista Resasco
- Pasquale Rizzoli
- Riccardo Calocchieri
- Gaspero Pampaloni
- Stefano Diletti
- Angelo Unis
- Giuseppe Valadier
- Virginio Vespignani
- Francesco Fabi Altini
- Stefano Galletti
- Giuseppe Blasetti
- Gaetano Koch
- Pio Piacentini
- Marcello Piacentini
- Giulio Monteverde
- Ettore Ximenes
- Ettore Ferrari
- Pietro Canonica
- Luigi Damiano
- Gaetano Cima
- Enrico Mirandoli
- Lorenzo Gori
- Giacomo Zilocchi
- Ermenegildo Bois
- Cesare Tarrini
- Laerte Gemignani
- Valmore Gemignani
- Umberto Fioravanti
- Giovanni Ansaldo
- Nino Bixio
- Giovanni Battista Cevasco
- David Chiossone
- Constance Mary Lloyd Wilde
- Giuseppe Mazzini
- Primo Levi
- Fred Buscaglione
- Rita Levi-Montalcini
- Edmondo De Amicis
- Giorgio Morandi
- Giosué Carducci
- Riccardo Bacchelli
- Carlo Broschi (Farinelli)
- Lucio Dalla
- Alberto Sordi
- Vittorio De Sica
- Alberto Moravia
- Trilussa
- Giacomo Balla
- Vittorio Gassman
- Nino Manfredi
- Gianni Rodari
- Ettore Petrolini
- Eduardo De Filippo
- Lord Byron
- Charles Dickens
- Sigmund Freud
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Carlo Mozart
Institutions
- Artribune
- Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera
- Comune di Milano
- Comune di Torino
- Comune di Genova
- Comune di Bologna
- Comune di Livorno
- Comune di Roma
- Comune di Cagliari
- Musei Bologna
- Certosa di Bologna
Locations
- Italy
- Milan
- Turin
- Genoa
- Bologna
- Livorno
- Rome
- Cagliari
- Val Camonica
- Baveno
- Piazzale Cimitero Monumentale, Milan
- Corso Novara 135, Turin
- Piazzale Giovanni Battista Resasco, Genoa
- Via della Certosa 18, Bologna
- Via Don Aldo Mei 19, Livorno
- Piazzale del Verano, Rome
- Viale Cimitero, Cagliari
- San Lorenzo, Rome
- Bonaria hill, Cagliari