The Cimitero Monumentale is one of the two largest cemeteries in Milan, Italy, the other one being the Cimitero Maggiore. It is noted for the abundance of artistic tombs and monuments.
Main entrance
Jewish section, photo from above
The Crematorium
Alessandro Manzoni's tomb
Alessandro Manzoni
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Alessandro Francesco Tommaso Antonio Manzoni was an Italian philosopher, poet, playwright, and novelist. He is best known for the novel The Betrothed, generally ranked among the masterpieces of world
Cimitero Monumentale di Milano
…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 is a tomb built for meritorious "Milanesi", or citizens of Milan. The memorial of…
Portrait of Alessandro Manzoni by Francesco Hayez (Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, 1841)
Manzoni's family in a drawing by Ernesta Legnani Bisi
Illustration for the tragedy Il Conte di Carmagnola by Francesco Hayez
Frontispiece of The Betrothed in the second definitive edition of 1840–1842