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| Written by i j |
| Friday, 22 April 2011 19:05 |
There have been quite a bit of moons since i last updated the Website and I’m really sorry for that, but as some of you already know it has been impossible for me to update anything because I have been out of town, I hope that in the near future my life stabilized a little bit so I can dedicate more time to you all.
In the mean time, today we visit…
Staglieno cemetery is located dean the city of Genoa being one of the biggest of Europe could be a good reason for us to talk about it, but in deed that’s not the main reason we are doing so, it’s because of it’s incredible… I was going to call them tombs or burials but I think that monuments or art pieces is a way much more accurate name for them.
Let’s read a little bit of history: This cemetery was conceived in 1804 when napoleon prohibited the burial of people in churches or towns, the project was approved in 1835 and inaugurated in 1851 with only 4 burials inside near the east district of Genoa.
Nowadays and unluckily for us it’s close to a noisy road that remember anyone inside the permanent oppression of the outside, but don’t worry the fact is that this place is big enough for finding lot of places far enough from that road.
The architect that designed Staglieno cemetery was named Carlo Barabino, but he didn’t lived long enough for being buried here, in deed he died the same year that he ended the project due to a cholera epidemic, what it’s undeniable is that he leaved us a precious present before his department, a cemetery designed as the Genoa city, full of labyrinth roads surrounded by hundreds of marble sculptures and no less trees.
Until now this cemetery is really spectacular but there is still a important part for seeing and it’s that while most of the tombs are focused on Christian religion, there is quite a big quantity of sculptures that changes the divine light for the sadness of death.
In those circumstances in which the person died in tragic circumstances you will be able to find sculptures on how he or his family view the world on those dark days, that creates art pieces full of passion and sadness but still (or even more) beautiful.
I leave you with a selection of them:
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