Cemetery Monumentale

Cimitero Monumentale is probably the most beautiful cemetery I have been to, since there tend to be too many tourists at the more famous Pere Lachaise in Paris. It was really hot the day we visited the cemetery, but it is highly recommended, few tourists seem to be aware of it, and that is probably a good thing. It is located just north of downtown Milan and many famous Italians are buried here. The cemetert us filled with elaborate pavilions, Greek temples, obelisks and columns and there is a certain melancholic and beautiful feeling in this churchyard that you rarely see elsewhere. Some of Milan's tallest buildings can also be seen from the cemetery, that also has a skyline of its own...

Piazzale del Cimitero Monumentale is where Cimitero Monumentale di Milano is situated.

The main entrance is through the large Neo-Medieval marble and stone building Famedio (Temple of Fame).

Famedio also serves as a huge tomb for some of Italy's most honoured citizens. The cemetery was designed by the architect Carlo Maciachini.

The cemetery opened in 1866.

The tombs inside the Temple of Fame.

A little note: a sculptured version of da Vinci's "the last supper", more impressive and accesible than the original oil painting inside a church in Milan.

I have no further comments about these beautiful pics. In this case I think silence speaks louder than words...