The Monumental Cemetery is one of the two largest cemeteries in Milan, Italy, The Monumental Cemetery Milan is not only a large city cemetery, it is a jewel - an "open-air" museum among the most important in Italy in the history of the art of this building and vast monuments of funerary art.

The cemetery was built by the architect Carlo Mariachini between (1818 - 1899). It was created for all people in Milan to rest their loved ones and be enjoyed as a place to visit.

Carlo Mariachini had also created and was opened in 1872 an area intended for Isralite burials.

The main entrance of the cemetery dominates the largest and most imposing monument, the Famedio "Temple of Fame". The chapel is built in marble and stones and inside there are some of the most honored Milanese and Italian citizens such as Allessando Manzoni, Carlo Cattaneo, Carla Fracci riposa, Generali. Rest Carla Fracci (was an Italian ballet dancer, actress and ballet director), the first woman to be welcomed into the Famedio after 155 years from the inauguration of the Monumental Cemetery, Generali and the grandiose bronze tomb of the Davide Campari family, owner of the famous liquor distillery , inventor of the aperitif, created by Giannino Castiglione, Italian sculptor and medalist, worked mainly in monumental and funerary works sculpture Many other sculptors to visit.

You walk among many avenues of beautiful cypress trees with a very tall and straight trunk and the elegant lines of the neo-medieval architecture of the place, enriched by numerous Byzantine and Gothic references. It's more like a sculpture garden than a cemetery!

You will admire a unique place rich in history with magnificent with an immense amount of historical sculptures, incredible tombs of illustrious, funeral monuments, architects of great value and famous sculptors, works of art and mausoleums dedicated to the most illustrious personalities of the city. There are other impressive works of art inside.

It may seem strange to visit a cemetery during the holidays or simply for a walk, but once you see the open-air museum - unique and more like a sculpture garden than a cemetery, it would be a shame not to visit!