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ASCE president at a seminar in Naples

Naples in Italy
On 14 March 2023, ASCE president, Mrs Lidija Pliberšek, will attend an international seminar at the University of Naples in Italy.

About the seminar

The international seminar entitled “Rethinking lastscapes Perspective. Debate and Exchange” is one of the activities organized as part of the research conducted by the Department of Architecture of the University of Naples Federico II in Italy.

The research investigates the burial spaces in the contemporary city to identify, in relation to the changes brought about by new burial techniques, the need to save land in the changed urban, social, cultural and economic conditions, and the new possible roles and planning strategies for these places of memory that urgently need to be rethought today.

The seminar is intended to compare multiple points of view on the subject by calling to debate Italian and foreign experts in order to identify possible futures for these parts of the city.

Presentation of ASCE

ASCE president, Mrs Lidija Pliberšek, will attend the seminar as a guest speaker with a presentation on the meaning, mission, and development of the Association of Significant Cemeteries in Europe.

Exhibition at the museum PAN

The seminar will be accompanied by an exhibition at the museum PAN, Palazzo delle Arti di Napoli, which will be open to the public for free until 14 March, and displays the work made on Poggioreale, the complex and challenging Neapolitan cemetery system, and on other international case studies that have been investigated in the context of the research.

Photos of the seminar

Seminar program Lidija Pliberšek with Angela D'Agostino Lidija Pliberšek with Giovangiuseppe Vannelli
Seminar venue Presentation of ASCE president, Mrs Lidija Pliberšek Presentation of ASCE president, Mrs Lidija Pliberšek
International seminar “Rethinking lastscapes Perspective. Debate and Exchange” International seminar “Rethinking lastscapes Perspective. Debate and Exchange”





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Historical Cemeteries of Poggioreale (Naples, Italy)

Historical Cemeteries of Poggioreale (Naples, Italy)
The Poggioreale cemeterial complex experienced a gradual development since the second half of the XVIII century and now covers approximately fifty hectares of the hill by the same name.

Santa Maria del Popolo Cemetery

The component that markes the beginning of the cemetery infrastructural pattern at Poggioreale is the Cimitero di Santa Maria del Popolo, also known as the "366 graves cemetery". It was designed by Ferdinando Fuga, and built in 1762. The cemetery is of extraordinary relevance, as the only known example with cemeterial "Enlightenment buildings".

Santa Maria del Pianto Cemetery

Another basic element of the cemeterial complex in Poggioreale is the Santa Maria del Pianto Cemetery, with the church by the same name -  a XVII century central-plan building, around which, as early as the plague of 1656, corpses were interred.

Monumental Cemetery of Poggioreale

The Monumental Cemetery is the largest (162,873 sqm), most effective and most imposing. It opened in 1838, after several interruptions and some rethinking. The original plan (1825) was designed by Francesco Maresca. After his death, Luigi Malesci (bridge and road engineer) and Ciro Cuciniello (architect for the Royal House) took over.




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Cemetery contacts

Monumental cemetery (Cimitero Monumentale) Via Nuova Poggioreale, 73
I - 80143 Napoli

Tel: +39 081 7957509
Fax: +39 081 7957510
E-mail: ass-periferie@comune.napoli.it

Website: http://www.comune.napoli.it

Tourist Information Office

Azienda Autonoma di Soggiorno Cura e Turismo di Napoli Piazza Plebiscito
1 Palazzo Reale
80132 Napoli - Italia

Phone: +39 081 2525711
Fax: +39 081 418619
E-mail: info@inaples.it

Tourist information websites

Tourist info
http://www.inaples.it

City Portal 
http://www.comune.napoli.it

City buses 
http://www.anm.it