May 19, 2026 Press Release from the Utilitalia SEFIT Enhancement Working Group
On the occasion of ASCE's Week for the Discovery of European Cemeteries, the Utilitalia SEFIT Cemeteries Historical, Artistic, and Touristic Enhancement Working Group is participating at the end of May in an interesting annual project by ASCE, the Association of Significant European Cemeteries: the WDEC Week of Discovering European Cemeteries. This is a period, sometimes lasting just over a week, to highlight our cemeteries. The theme of this year's event relates to Sustainable Development Goal 4 of the United Nations 2030 Agenda: Quality Education.
Cemeteries are, in fact, places where it is possible to study history, learn art, and generally delve into issues relating to local culture and society—useful subjects for building a more sustainable future through knowledge.
With the participation of several member cities of the WG Valorizzazione (Promotion Working Group) in the WDEC Project, we are fulfilling the commitments made in 2017 with the Memorandum of Understanding signed between SEFIT and ASCE for the mutual promotion of cultural activities. The Verano in Rome, the Monumental Cemetery in Turin, the Certosa di Bologna, the Staglieno in Genoa, the Monumental Cemetery in Milan, the Certosa di Ferrara, the Monumental Cemetery in Trento, and the Monumental Cemetery in Verona are among the historic and significant Italian cemeteries that are members of the UtilitaliaSEFIT WG. They participated in wdec2026 with various cultural activities, events, and themed guided tours. These activities are listed in the booklet, which can be viewed and downloaded from the following link:
https://heyzine.com/flip-book/2479ba316f.html