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Monumental Cemetery

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Introduction

The Cimitero Monumentale in Milan, is a very large cemetery (250,000 mq) located on the square given its name, Piazzale del Cimitero Monumentale. Near the heart of Milan, and is filled with a wide range of both contemporary and classical Italian sculptures as well as Greek temples, elaborate obelisks, and other original works such as a scaled-down version of Trajan's Column.

History

The cemetery was designed by the architect Carlo Maciachini (1818-1899). It opened in 1866. The construction first met the hygienic and town-planning needs linked to the presence of a high number of burial places inside the town. Moreover, the Municipality wanted to give the community a representative place by joining the cult of the dead. Within its walls, Monumentale gives hospitality to graves of different cults an religions, including the sections for non-Catholics and Jews. The work of Maciachini includes different stylists suggestions according to the eclectic taste of the age and it joins together the Pisano Gothic and the Lumbard Romanesque style with some inserts imitating the Byzantine style.

Location

Address: Piazzale Cimitero Monumentale 1, Milan 20151
Transit: By Bus: 41, 51, 70, 94.
Tram: 30, 29, 33, 11, 12, 14, 3, 4.
Subway: M2. Railway Station: F.S. Garibaldi

Whats inside

The main entrance is through the large Famedio (Temple of Fame), a massive Neo-Medieval style building of marble and stone that serves as the tomb for some of the country's most honored citizens including Alessandro Manzoni. The sculptures and building of the Monumental Cemetery show the town historical events and its artistic history from Realism and Eclecticism, to Liberty and Symbolism until the contemporary age, as if it were a real museum in the open air where the main Italian artists are represented. In the Palanti Chapel is a monument commemorating the 800 Milanese citizens who were executed in Nazi concentration camps. The cemetery has a special section for non-members of the Roman Catholic faith.

Personages resting there:
Alberto Ascari (1918-1955), Formula One champion driver
Antonio Ascari (1888-1925), Grand Prix champion driver
Ernesto Bazzaro (1859 - 1937), sculptor
Luca Beltrami (1854-1933), architect
Arrigo Boito (1842-1918), composer and Librettist
Carlo Cattaneo (1801-1869), philosopher, patriot
Alfredo Catalani (1854-1893), composer
Walter Chiari (1924-1991), actor
Franco Corelli (1921-2003), opera tenor
Filippo Filippi (1830-1887), journalist, music critic
Eva Duarte de Peron buried as Maria Maggi, (1919-1952), leader; since 1955 to 1971
Giorgio Gaber (1939-2003), actor, composer, musician
Giuseppe Gervasini (1867-1941), religious figure
Vladimir Horowitz (1903-1989), pianist
Alessandro Manzoni (1785-1873) poet, novelist
Francesco Maria Piave (1810-1876), librettist, poet
Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886), composer
Salvatore Quasimodo (1901-1968), 1959 Nobel prize in literature
Medardo Rosso (1858-1928), sculptor
Arturo Toscanini (1867-1957), conductor and cellist
Filippo Turati (1857-1932), politician
Bruno Valiani (1907-1998), artist
Leo Valiani (1909-1999), writer, politician

Useful information

Telephone: +39 02 88465600
Fax: +39 02 653607 +39 02-659-9938
E-mail: servizifunebri@comune.milano.it
Open: Tuesday to Sunday 8.30am to 5.30pm
Closed: Monday Closed

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