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Tatjana Horvatić

prof. Marinka Mužar 

Tatjana Horvatić

Tatjana Horvatić

Tatjana Horvatić is a conservator at the Karlovac Conservation Department of the Directorate for the Protection of Cultural Heritage, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia. 

The Monumental Cemetery of Turin (Turin, Italy)

The Monumental Cemetery of Turin (Italy)
The Monumental Cemetery of Turin - formerly known as General Cemetery - is the largest cemetery in the city of Turin and one of the first in Italy for the number of deceased.

About the cemetery

In 1827 the mayor of Turin was the Marquis Tancredi Falletti of Barolo. He contributed to the project of the Monumental Cemetery with a large donation. The project was approved in the area called the "Half Moons", the name of the beautiful park that stood there until 1706. The park was destroyed by French troops besieging Turin when they put their camp. The Monumental Cemetery of Turin was officially opened in November 1829. Today it occupies an area of 600.000m/2.

The Cemetery is an open air museum. The "City of Silence" is home to celebrities and numerous works of art, such as Bistolfi, Calandra, Canonica, Fumagalli, Rubino and so on. Writers, statesmen, historians, politicians, artists, footballers, heroes are numerous characters who have traced the history and culture not only of the city of Turin but the entire country of Italy and now rest in the Monumental Cemetery of Turin.

Address

AFC Torino S.p.A.
Monumental Cemetery of Turin
P.le C.Tancredi Falletti di Barolo, 133/b (già c.so Novara)
10152 Torino
Italy

Contacts

Phone: +39 011 086 5260
Mobile: +39 334 626 9106
Fax: +39 111 9621 204

Email: arte-storia@cimiteritorino.it
Website: www.cimiteritorino.it

Opening hours

From April to October:
Tuesday to Sunday from 8.30 to 17.30

From November to March:
Tuesday to Sunday from 8.30 to 16.30

XXVI International Day of the Tourist Guide at the Monumental Cemetery of Turin (Italy)



Monumental cemetery of Turin (Italy)




Panoramic view of the Superga hill from the Cemetery with the snow

Under the arch to see the  family grave of Pongiglione

How much art!

Have a look at this beautiful vew!

The sun comes out after the snow

There were two thematic routes

There were more than 350 participants divided into groups of  25 people. It 'was a success!

Lalla Fumagalli

Lalla Fumagalli
Lalla Fumagalli has worked in OGD always playing key roles. She is now retired and has thrown herself into her main interests: exploring little known areas in South America (Chile, Peru and Argentina mainly); walking along the ancient European paths, and studying the history of Monumentale and its ties with the city of Milan. She is a founding member and Vice-President of the Association Amici del Monumentale.




*Text source: An open-air museum, the Monumental Cemetery of Milan (Guide Book)

Carla De Bernardi

Carla De Bernardi
Carla De Bernardi lives and works in Milan as a freelance photographer (www.carladebernardi.it) and writer (Contare i passi - dai Pirenei all`Oceano sul Cammino di Santiago, (2010), Tutte le strade portano ad Assisi, (2011) and Qualche lontano amore, (2011) all published by Mursia).

Carla is the President of the cultural association Amici del Monumentale (Friends of Monumentale) that she started in 2013 to spread the knowledge of the Monumentale, and to support and promote the preservation and restoration of its most remarkable artworks. She is also a founding member of the Association Movimento Lento dedicated to the culture of slow life & slow travel (www.movimentolento.it).




*Photo source: www.lessissexy.com

Pavel Grabalov

Pavel Grabalov

Pavel Grabalov is a PhD Candidate at the Faculty of Landscape and Society of the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU). He holds a Master’s degree in Urban Studies from Malmö University (2017) and has interests in urban planning and people-environment interaction. His current PhD project focuses on the role of cemeteries in contemporary densified cities. Pavel’s research aims to build new interdisciplinary knowledge on urban cemeteries as a special type of public spaces, using case studies from Scandinavian and Russian cultural contexts.

You can read more about Pavel Grabalov’s academic research on new cemetery policies in Oslo and Copenhagen in: Pavel Grabalov, Helena Nordh, “’Philosophical park’: Cemeteries in the Scandinavian urban context”, Social Studies, Vol. 17:1, https://journals.muni.cz/socialni_studia/article/view/13559




*Photo source: www.nmbu.no