Audioguide at Vienna central cemetery

The 2nd largest cemetery in Europe offers a new audio guide.

Visit famous people from politics, culture and sports, war memorials and discover wonderful, natural places. The route planning facilitates the walk. Photos illustrate the places visited, so that a visit can also made virtually.
Discover more at Vienna central cemetery website.

2019 European Heritage Days at the New Cemetery of Belgrade (Serbia)

Theatrical Project „Remote Belgrade“ - at the New Cemetery in Belgrade (Serbia)

This year’s 53rdBelgrade International Theatre Festival was opened by unique theatrical project “Remote Belgrade” by the authors Stefan Kaegi and  Jörg Karrenbauer of the well-known Rimini Protocol Company. After visiting numerous towns all around the world, this project, under the generic name “Remote X”, which is assigned a new name after the town it visits, finally arrived to Belgrade. In the period from 17-25 September 2019 (two times a day – i.e., at 11:00 and 17:00 hrs.), with the starting point from the New Cemetery in Belgrade, Belgradears and their guests will have an opportunity to experience this unique theatrical installation.

Within the theatrical project “Remote Belgrade”, a group of up to 50 people set off into the City of Belgrade. They are guided by a synthetic voice - as they recognize it from GPS navigators. The installation questions artificial intelligence, big data and human predictability. As the project tours from city to city, each new site-specific version builds upon the dramaturgy of the previous city. The project is completely immersive, since the audience do not simply blend into a given dramatic situation but, since there are no performers, they create it, although not singlehandedly. Following the instructions coming through the headphones, the audience walk through Belgrade, from one spot designated by the authors to another. It creates a powerful, sensual experience of being a part of the community, while making it possible for everyone to process it alone. An intuitive text makes the audience ponder if they are familiar with the town they live in, if they feel better in a group or alone, how they feel in the community, if they walk through their lives alone, or are they led by a superior mechanism.  

You may see more details on this unique theatrical project: here (source: Radio Television of Serbia-web site).

Series of conferences of Cementiris de Barcelona: Remembering Sabater Pi

Join us on the 26th of September and you will learn, from the hand of his son, Josep Oriol Sabater, and his grandchildren, the adventures of the one who discovered Snowflake, the famous albino gorilla of the Barcelona zoo.

The conference, which will take place in the chapel of the Poblenou Cemetery, will begin at around 6.30 pm after a guided tour of the cemetery.

The event is co-organized by the magazine Sàpiens and Cementiris de Barcelona and is open to everyone.



Reservations should be made in advance by calling 934 841 920.

Hour of beginning of the act: 18:00

Meeting point: Main entrance of Poblenou Cemetery

Celebrating the 200th birthday of the Poblenou Cemetery

The big day of the Poblenou Cemetery is approaching. The oldest cemetery in Barcelona 200 years ago and we want to celebrate it with all of you.

To pay tribute to this very special date and to open the cemetery even more to the city, on September 29th an event is held that arrives loaded with workshops, activities and performances. Added to this are the different events that the funerary enclosure organises throughout the year (dramatised visits, conferences, guided tours...).

You will find the program of the event at this link.

A new restored monument at the Monumentale of Milan

The restoration of "Ave Maria" sculpted by Giulio Branca in 1900 is an outstanding example of enlightened patronage accomplished through the synergy between the Municipality of Milan, Fondazione Bracco and Amici del Monumentale.

The monument belongs to the school of Italian social art and depicts an elderly farmer knelt down in prayer to give thanks for the daily crop.

Fonderia Artistica Battaglia carried out a meticulous restoration work that brought back the bronze sculpture and stone base to its original splendour.

Wednesday, 11th September, the monument will be unveiled in the presence of  the president of Fondazione Bracco, representatives from the Municipality, steering committee, volunteers and members of Amici del Monumentale  as well as key figures from the world of arts, science and literature. 

The Teatro Regio di Torino with Pentabrass in concert at the Monumental cemetery of Turin

 More information here!

AFC Torino S.p.A.

  P.le C.Tancredi Falletti di Barolo, 133/b (già c.so Novara)10153 - Torino

  tel:011.0865.260 - 334.6269106

  renata.santoro@cimiteritorino.it

  arte-storia@cimiteritorino.it

»Eternal flame« lightning ceremony at the monument to the Russian and soviet soldiers

On 1 September 2019, at the monument to Russian and Soviet soldiers who died on Slovenian soil in World War I and World War II, inaugurated in 2016 by the Presidents of Russia and Slovenia, Vladimir Putin and Mr. Borut Pahor, an »eternal flame« lighting ceremony was taking place.

At this event, the Slovenian delegation was represented by the President of the National Council of the Republic of Slovenia Mr. Alojz Kovšca, Minister of Labour, Family, Social Affairs, and Equal Opportunities Ksenija Klampfer, Minister of Culture Mag. Zoran Poznič, Mayor of the City of Ljubljana Zoran Janković, parliamentarians, representatives of ministries and departments, mayors of municipalities and urban municipalities of Slovenia, leadership and members of veterans' organizations, Slovenia-Russia associations, and Russian countrymen's associations.

The Russian delegation was led by the Vice-President of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Mr. Piotr Tolstoy. Members of the Russian delegation included representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Culture, Defence (responsible for memorial projects), the Russian Historical Society, the Russian Military-Historical Society, the Russian Federation of Veterans, and the Friendship and Cultural Relations Association with Slovenia. The Ambassador of Russia in Slovenia, Dr. Doku Zavgajev, has also been present.

The ceremony began with anthems of the Republic of Slovenia and the Russian Federation, followed by an address by the Mayor of the City of Ljubljana, Zoran Janković. After the mayor's speech was over, the Russian delegation's leader lit the eternal flame, which was followed by a minute of silence.

The ceremony continued with the address of the Head of the Russian Delegation - Vice-President of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Mr. Tolstoy, followed by an address by the Head of the Slovenian Delegation of the President of the National Council of Slovenia, Alojz Kovšca, an address by a Slovenian veteran, and an address by the Ambassador of Russia to
Slovenia, Dr. Doku Zavgajev.

After the speeches were completed, delegations laid wreaths at the monument and other participants laid flowers.

More photos from the ceremony can be viewed in this album.

Book: The Laying Out, Planting and Managing of Cemeteries

by J.C. Loudon, with a new Foreword by James Stevens Curl

Professor James Stevens Curl is proposing to bring out a limited, numbered, finely bound, hardback, enlarged facsimile edition of Loudon’s seminal work on cemeteries, originally published in London in 1843 on very poor-quality paper and with an extremely small font. The new edition will be on good paper, with an enlarged font, and will include a new annotated Introductory Essay on Loudon’s involvement with cemeteries by Professor Curl, with Bibliography, a colour portrait of Loudon, a facsimile of Loudon’s Obituary of 1844, a List of Subscribers, and an Index compiled by Auriol Griffith-Jones.
Discover more here.

Monumentale Cemetery of Mantua (Mantua, Italy)

The cemetery is significant for the rich testimony of architectural sculptural works of great artistic value, made by prominent personalities of the Mantuan culture and beyond.

About the cemetery

The landscape is composed of green areas, gravel, tunnels, buildings, the Crematoria, Military Memorial, Building. The first public cemetery of Mantua dates back to 1790 outside the city, not meeting the favor of the population.

Main attractions

Some of the many notable monuments and works of art at the cemetery are:

1. Tomb of Tazio Nuvolari.
2. Grave LEARCO GUERRA
3. Grave Family USIGLI made by Arch. Aldo Andreani in 1915
4. Grave Family NIEVO With commemorative dedication to IPPOLITO NIEVO
5. MILITARY SHRINE

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Address

Via Cremona n. 40/F

46100 Mantova

Italy

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President Emmanuel Macron visiting the New Cemetery in Belgrade (Serbia)

President Emmanuel Macron visiting the New Cemetery in Belgrade (Serbia)

Monumental cemetery of Turin ART NOUVEAU WEEK 8-14 JULY 2019

"The bourgeois class and the liberty symbolism at the Monumental cemetery of Turin" 

with Luisella Palmieri and Monica Castiglia 

ART NOUVEAU WEEK 8-14 JULY 2019

Guided tours of the Monumental Cemetery of Turin on the occasion of Liberty Week promoted and conceived by Italia Liberty which is a partner of the accredited operator "Guida Turistica Torino" and of the guides Luisella Palmieri and Monica Castiglia who organized 6 visit itineraries in the monumental cemetery of Turin full of liberty style funeral monuments.

Reservations required a
liberty@guidaturisticatorino.it

https://www.italialiberty.it/?s=torino&x=6&y=4

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Open air museum 2019 at Milan Monumental Cemetery

The fifth edition of the “Open air museum” will start in Milan (Italy) on Sunday, June 30th 2019.

During the "Open air museum", the Milan Monumental Cemetery will become the scene of many cultural initiatives with the participation of numerous Italian and foreign visitors. Events will take place every last Sunday of the month, from June to October 2019.

More info HERE.

The program on June 30th

Matinees curated by Fondazione Milano

From 10.00 to 12.00 → Screening

The documentary film entitled “L’immobile” will be featured in the conference room. It`s a film with psychovox music made by the students of the Civic School of Cinema Luchino Visconti - Francesco Biselli, Annesa Elia, Luana Giardino and Alberto Redighieri.

At 10.00, 10.30 and 11.30 → Guided tours

Guided tours will start from the external square of the Milan Monumental Cemetery and will be carried out by volunteers of the Civil Service of the Monumental Cemetery.

At 11.00 → A short theatrical performance

The theatrical performance entitled “Canta che ti passa – Bertani amputa Mameli” will take place in the lower gallery of the west [C]. It`s curated by the graduates of the Paolo Grassi Civic School of Theater - Luca Rodella with Stefano Annoni and Giuseppe Palasciano. Music by Roberto Dibitonto.

At 12.30 → Concert

The concert entitled “Gaffurio e i Maestri di Cappella nel Duomo di Milano al tempo di Leonardo” will take place in the Famedio (Memorial Chapel). It`s curated by the graduates and students of the Civic School of Music Claudio Abbado and executed by the choir “I civici cori” in collaboration with Francesco Girardi, Luigi Panzeri and Mario Valsecchi.

European Cemeteries Tour 2020

From 13 to 15 May 2020 the first European Cemeteries Tour will take place featuring stories from Croatia.

Stories from Croatia

Cemeteries are increasingly opening up as new spaces for tourist visits and cultural manifestations. In this context, it is very important to emphasize them as part of cultural tourism. In order to promote it, European Cemeteries Route began with the project European Cemeteries Tour in 2018.

KD Kozala Rijeka, together with its partners Gradska groblja Zagreb and Nasadi Zadar, in collaboration with ASCE and European Cemeteries Route, is the first to organize an European Cemeteries Tour in 2020. During the tour, stories from cemeteries and cities in Croatia will be presented.

Project description 

The project is a combination of foreign hosting and foreign traveling. Each next tour has to be connected to the one before. So the next hosts of European Cemeteries Tour will have to include a part of Croatian culture and cemeteries in its program.

Tourists, locals and other visitors of Croatia will also be able to take the tour independently. The content will be entirely included in the mobile application and platform ARtour. This will ensure that the project is interesting to young people and available later to all interested (families, schools,...) for individual or organized excursions.

Planned program

13.5.2020

• Gathering in Zagreb
• Guided tour at Mirogoj Cemetery
• Lunch in Zagreb
• Departure to Zadar
• Accommodation in a hotel in Zadar and free time
• Cultural evening program

14.5.2020

• Guided tour at City Cemetery of Zadar
• Lunch in Zadar
• Departure to Rijeka
• Accommodation in a hotel in Rijeka and free time
• Cultural evening program

15.5.2020

• Guided tour at one of the Rijeka Cemeteries
• Workshop on cultural tourism in cemeteries
• Conclusion of the tour and lunch in Rijeka
  

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WDEC 2019: Guided tour at Pobrežje Cemetery

On June 11th, 2019, a guided tour took place at Pobrežje Cemetery (Maribor, Slovenia) under the guidance of Mr. Tone Partljič, an expert on Maribor`s culture, slang, people and their nature.

The event took place during the Week of discovering European cemeteries 2019 and was also one of the events organized by Pogrebno podjetje Maribor in 2019 to commemorate two important anniversaries - 150 years of operation of Pogrebno podjetje Maribor and 140 years of Pobrežje Cemetery.

About the event

At the beginning, participants were addressed by the director of Pogrebno podjetje Maribor and president of ASCE, Lidija Pliberšek and by the tour guide, Tone Partljič. The speeches were then followed by a walk through Pobrežje Cemetery, where Mr. Partljič presented some interesting stories about the lives and achievements of some of the famous and lesser-known people from Maribor who were buried there. During the tour, they stopped at the graves of General Rudolf Maister and his family; Russian doctor Sergej Kapralov and his wife Helena; film director Jože Babič; and Herta Haas, wife of former president of Yugoslavia, Josip Broz Tito.

At the end of the tour, a short concert of classical music took place at Czeike's arcades, performed by the violinist Oksana Pečeny and guitarist Matic Dolenc.

WDEC 2019: Memorial ceremony at Pobrežje Cemetery

On Tuesday, May 28, 2019, the memorial ceremony “Memory of peace” took place at Pobrežje Cemetery in Maribor (Slovenia).

About the event

The memorial ceremony took place during the Week of discovering European cemeteries 2019 and was also the main event organized by Pogrebno podjetje Maribor in 2019 to commemorate two important anniversaries - 150 years of operation of Pogrebno podjetje Maribor and 140 years of Pobrežje Cemetery. It was dedicated to remembering the people of many cultures and countries which lost their lives in the two world wars in Maribor. The representatives of foreign embassies paid tribute to their memory by placing wreaths at the Peace Monument at Pobrežje Cemetery.

In the central part of the event, a few words about the meaning and role of cemeteries were spoken by the director of Pogrebno podjetje Maribor and president of ASCE, Lidija Pliberšek, Deputy Mayor of Maribor, Samo Peter Medved and Vlasta Nussdorfer, advisor to the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Borut Pahor, who was the honorary sponsor of the event.

Award for outstanding entrepreneurial achievements

At the ceremony, Pogrebno podjetje Maribor received a prestigious award from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia (CCIS) for exceptional business achievements in the field of municipal services. With its 150 years of operation, it is the oldest Slovene company in this activity. Furthermore, it contributes to the promotion of Slovenia and Slovenian entrepreneurship by being the chairing member of the Association of Significant Cemeteries in Europe (ASCE).

WDEC 2019 at the Cemetery of Reus

The Reus Cemetery shows in an exhibition the hidden secrets of General 's Prim mausoleum.

The Reus Cemetery, managed by Reus and Baix Camp's Funerary Services, participates in the events organized by the Association of Significant Cemeteries of Europe, of which it is part. As of this Friday, May 31st, the Cemetery hosts an exhibition devoted to the Mausoleum of General Prim, which explains with details some of the hidden secrets of the coffin and the adjacent figure from this General born in Reus.

About the exhibition

This is a sample inspired by the research made by M. Carme Bigorra and M. Josep Salvadó “El Mausoleu del General Prim. Una lliço històrica”, with photographs by Ferran Estivill. This work helps to recognize and interpret the historical and artistic wealth of the mausoleum. Through the images that will be available in this space, significant events of their life and their work are broken down, reflected in the historical-symbolic aspect represented in this heritage element, considered Cultural Good of National Interest. It should be noted that this monument located at the Reus General Cemetery has become a unique example of the funerary art of that time.

Prim's sarcophagus

Prim's sarcophagus is a work by Plácido Zuloaga made between 1874 and 1875, with a neoclassical style. Damascened, this original artisan technique from Damascus, consists of drawings, created by inlaying different metals into one another. It weights 1.800 kilos and was started in Eibar and finished in Saint-Jean-de-Luz. Plácido Zuloaga is the great representative of the art of "Damascening" from the 19th century. The figure of Joan Prim, as well as all the sculptured pieces on the sarcophagus, is the work of the French sculptor Émile Hébert.

AGM 2019: Sign up

Sign up form opened for Annual General Meeting and Conference 2019, taking place in Ghent, Belgium from 3-5 October 2019.

AGM 2019 will take place at Meeting Center of the Province of East-Flanders. Registration form is now opened at

Ghent tickets sales website.

Please note that:

• ASCE members pay 25€ for participation at whole conference (all days)
• non members pay 25€ per day
• there are different forms for ASCE members and other participants.

After your registration you will receive a welcome email with additional information from the organizer where you can provide any special request.

AGM 2019: program

Program of the Annual General Meeting and Conference 2019, taking place in Ghent, Belgium from 3-5 October 2019.

AGM 2019 will take place at Meeting Center of the Province of East-Flanders. You can currently check the complete program at the Stad Gent dedicated website.


Programme presented is a draft version and organisers hold the right to further modifications..

You can click on this link (iCal) to add the programme to your personal calendar.


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zYp in Concert - Soul music in Turin's cemeteries

WDEC 2019 the last appointments in Turin (IT)

In the Monumental cemetery of Turin two evenings of soul music concert with the "zYp" young group on 8th and 9th of june at 6 p.m. entrance of Corso Regio Parco, 80.

Be sure to be there on time because there are only one hundred of seats for every evening.

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