Staglieno Monumental Cemetery
One of Europe’s most important monumental cemeteries: an open-air museum of nineteenth-century sculpture in the hills of Genoa.
- Where
- GenoaGenova
- Address
- Piazzale ResascoGenova
- Opening hours
- Dailycheck times
- Tickets
- Free entry
- Visit time
- 1.5–2 hours
Perhaps it may seem a bit strange as travel advice to suggest a visit to a cemetery.
However, in the case of the Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno it is a huge open-air work of art. A modern art museum that fascinated Friedrich Nietzsche, Mark Twain and Ernest Hemingway, among others.
This impressive work was built between 1844 and 1851 after the Napoleonic edict which imposed a ban on burial in churches and inhabited centers.
Therefore, an area was needed, far from the center, where to set up a monumental cemetery that would tell the rise of the city bourgeoisie. The bourgeoisie to which he belonged, Giuseppe Mazzini, the main interpreter of the unification of Italy.
What really leaves you speechless about the cemetery is the majesty of its monumental chapels. They range from Gothic to Art Nouveau passing through Byzantine and Neoclassical.
For information: staglieno.comune.genova.it
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Staglieno Monumental Cemetery is in Genoa (Genova).
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