The Milan Monumental Cemetery is located in an area of 250,000 mq. Inaugurated in 1866, it was designed by the architect Carlo Maciachini (1818-1899).
The construction first met the hygienic and town-planning needs linked to the presence of a high number of burial places inside the town.
Moreover, the Municipality wanted to give the community a representative place by joining the cult of the dead.
Within its walls, Monumentale gives hospitality to graves of different cults an religions, including the sections for non-Catholics and Jews.
The work of Maciachini includes different stylists suggestions according to the eclectic taste of the age and it joins together the Pisano Gothic and the Lumbard Romanesque style with some inserts imitating the Byzantine style. The entrance square is dominated by the Memorial Chapel Famedio, a successful neologism indicating the temple dedicated to fame and giving hospitality to famous and well-deserving men.
The sculptures and building of the Monumental Cemetery show the town historical events and its artistic history from Realism and Eclecticism, to Liberty and Symbolism until the contemporary age, as if it were a real museum in the open air where the main Italian artists are represented.
Contacts
Piazzale Cimitero Monumentale20154 Milano
Phone: +39 02 88465600/45678/45680
Fax: +39 0288446774
E-mail: dsc.cimiteromonumentale@comune.milano.it
Web: comune.milano.it/monumentale
Opening hours
Opening hoursTuesday – Sunday 8.00 – 18.00
Monday Closed
Office hours
Monday – Saturday 8.30 – 12.00
and 13.30 – 16.30
Transports:
Bus: 94Tram: 2 - 4 - 33 - 10 - 12 - 14
Subway: M2, M5
Railway Station: F.S. Garibaldi
Tourist information about the city of Milan:
www.comune.milano.it (City Portal)www.aeroporti.com (Airports)
www.fs-on-line.com (Italian railwais)
www.ferrovienord.it (Local railwais)
www.atm-mi.it (Subway)
www.taximalpensa.it (Taxi)
www.bicar.it (Car Hire)
www.itwg.com (Hotel reservation)
www.camping.it (Camping)
IAT - UFFICI INFORMAZIONE E ACCOGLIENZA TURISTICA
Address: Piazza Duomo, 19/a (City Center) - 20121 Milano
Phone: + 39 02 77404343
Fax: +39 02 77404333
Email: iat.info@provincia.milano.it
Web: www.visitamilano.it