In memory of Professor Franco Sborgi

October 31 2014 marks the first anniversary of the passing of Franco Sborgi, Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Genova, Italy.

Science, Death and Beauty at the Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno

Events in Staglieno cemetery in November.

Il Museo Diffuso. Genova, di marmo e ardesia

Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno - Genoa
Lectures and events in October and November 2013.

From Canova to Fontana. The greatness of funerary sculpture in Europe and the future of the post-Napoleonic cemetery complex

The conference will take place at 'Salone di Rappresentanza' in 'Palazzo Tursi', via Garibaldi 9, Genova, Italy, on Thursday 6 June 2013, h. 6 pm.

On the occasion of the publication of the proceedings of ASCE Annual General Meeting held in Verona in 2006 ("Lo splendore della forma. La scultura negli spazi della memoria") by Mauro Felicori and Franco Sborgi, Luca Sossella Editore.

Welcome greetings by:
- Elena Fiorini, Assessore a Legalità e Diritti, Comune di Genova
- Carla Sibilla Assessore a Cultura e Turismo, Comune di Genova

With the interventions of:
- Mauro Felicori
- Leo Lecci
- Franco Sborgi

WDEC 2013 in Genova - Staglieno Cemetery

The programme of the WDEC 2013 Genova same as last year holds many exciting events and activities to help you explore the Staglieno Cemetery, find sessions that match your interests, and plan your time during the Week of discovering European Cemeteries.

Staglieno Monumental Cemetery
May 24th – June 2nd 2013
Guided Tours by the Association Genova Guide
Meeting at the Statue of the Faith
9.30 am, 11.00 am, 3.00 pm

Lay Temple
From May 24th to June 2nd 2013
Exhibition of Photographs

Lay Temple
June 1st, 11 am
A Female Spoon River
Narration through music

Pantheon
June 2nd, 10 am
Gospel and Spiritual
Milleliregospel Choir

ALL THE EVENTS ARE FREE AND NO PRIOR RESERVATION IS REQUIRED

Find a replica of the angel of the Oneto tomb

The angel of the Oneto tomb in Staglieno (Genova), masterpiece by Giulio Monteverde, is one of the most famous sculpture in the world.

WDEC: events in Genova, Staglieno Cemetery

The programme of the WDEC 2012 Genova holds many exciting events and activties to help you explore the Staglieno Cemetery, find sessions that match your interests, and plan your time during the Week of discovering European Cemeteries.

Staglieno Monumental Cemetery (Genoa, Italy)

Opened in 1851, Staglieno Cemetery has developed with great representative intensity since the World War I.

About the cemetery

Staglieno Monumental Cemetery combines the typology of the neo-classical architectural cemetery of the Mediterranean area (which eventually made it became a "gallery" of monuments) with naturalistic cemeteries that are diffused in northern Europe.

The artistic languages of over a century - from neo-classicism to realism (the latter in one of the most characterised and hyperdescriptive forms to be found all over Europe) to symbolism, Art Nouveau and Deco, and even beyond - followed one another to give rise to a school of sculptors whose works had a large circulation even beyond regional and national territory. At the same time the monumental aspect of the cemetery attracted many renewed Italian artists (Bistolfi, Ximenes, Messina, Canonica, etc.).

Nietzsche, de Maupassant, Twain, Elisabeth of Austria (the famed empress Sissi) are some of the countless visitors - men of history and letters, travellers, artists and philosophers - who got enchanted by Staglieno and left a testimony of their visit.

Address

Staglieno Cemetery
Piazzale Resasco
16100 Genova
Italy

Contacts

Tel. +39 010 5576400
Tel/Fax: +39 010 5578049

E-mail: progettostaglieno@comune.genova.it
Web: www.staglieno.comune.genova.it

Facebook: Cimitero Monumentale di Staglieno
Instagram: www.instagram.com/cimitero_monumentale_staglieno/

Opening hours

Daily: from 7:30 to 17:00
Sundays and holidays: Mess at 10:00

How to get there

By car: Motorways exit at "Genova Est"
By bus: lines 12- 14 - 34 - 48
By train: Brignole station + lines 12/14
By plane: Cristoforo Colombo airport + Volabus line 100 to Brignole station + public bus lines 12 -14
Bus service inside the cemetery

Tourist information about the City of Genova

www.comune.genova.it (City Portal)
www.airport.genova.it (Airport)
http://www.trenitalia.com (Italian railways)
www.traghetti.com (Ships and ferries)
www.amt.genova.it (City buses)
www.italiaabc.it (Hotel reservation)

Tourist Information Office:

IAT Garibaldi Tourist Office
Via Garibaldi, 12r - 16124 Genova

Tel: +39 0105572903
Email: info@visitgenoa.it