On my many trips to Italy 🇮🇹 the one place I must visit is the #milano Cimitero Monumentale di Milano The Cimitero Monumentale is one of the two largest cemeteries in Milan the other one being the Cimitero Maggiore. It is noted for the abundance of artistic tombs and monuments. It was planned to consolidate a number of small cemeteries that used to be scattered around the city into a single location. Officially opened in 1866, it has since then been filled with a wide range of contemporary and classical Italian sculptures as well as Greek Temples elaborate obelisks and other original works such as a scaled-down version of the Trajan's Column.Many of the tombs belong to noted industrialist dynasties. The main entrance is through the large Famedio, a massive Hall of Fame-like Neo-Medieval style building made of marble and stone that contains the tombs of some of the city's and the country's most honored citizens, including that of novelist Alessandro Manzoni. The Civico Mausoleo Palanti designed by the architect Mario Palanti a tomb built for meritorious "Milanesi", or citizens of Milan. The memorial of about 800 Milanese killed in Nazi concentration camps is located in the center and is the work of the group BBPR (an architectural partnership founded in 1932.) formed by leading exponents of Italian rationalist architecture that included Gianluigi Banfi. The cemetery has a special section for those who do not belong to the Catholic religion and a Jewish section. Sadly due to health problems and with the cost of insurance, I very much doubt if I will every return. #cimiteromonumentaledimilano di Milano #italy🇮🇹 #historicbuildings #monuments (at Cimitero Monumentale di Milano) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTNT7rbsZvv/?utm_medium=tumblr
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