TheCampo Verano (Italian:Cimitero del Verano) is acemetery inRome, Italy, founded in the early 19th century. Themonumental cemetery covers a surface area of 83 hectares which is currently divided into several sections: the mainCatholic cemetery, theJewish cemetery established in 1895,[1] aProtestant section with its own entrance and a military section with monument to the victims ofWorld War I.[2]
Entrance to the catacombs of St. Ciriaca through Verano cemetery with the inscriptionCoemeterium Cyriacae
The Verano (officially the "Communal Monumental Cemetery of Campo Verano") is located in thequartiereTiburtino of Rome, near theBasilica di San Lorenzo fuori le mura. The nameVerano refers to the ancient RomanCampo dei Verani that was located here. As evidenced by the existence of an earlier Roman necropolis dedicated to St. Ciriaca, the cemetery ground has been a burial place for at least twenty centuries.[3]A modern cemetery was not established until theNapoleonic Kingdom of Italy during 1807–1812, when the architectGiuseppe Valadier was commissioned for designs after theEdict of Saint-Cloud [fr] required burials to take place outside of the city walls.[4] Although the cemetery was consecrated in 1835, the works continued during the pontificates ofGregory XVI andPius IX, under the direction ofVirginio Vespignani who also built the cemetery church ofSanta Maria della Misericordia (consecrated in 1860), along with the monumental entrance gate. The vast burial ground in an open-air museum setting is located on an undulating slope, dotted with majestic tombs in different styles, varying fromNeoclassical architecture toArt Nouveau.Enamel funerary portraits of the deceased painted on lava by Filippo Severati are worth seeing.[5] The papal authorities still have some control over the administration.[6]Pope Francis celebratedAll Saints Day Mass here on a papal visit to the cemetery on 1 November 2014.[7]
Memorial includingSarina Nathan (1845–1921), British Italian nationalist (and family)
Note that plots are not necessarily perpetual concessions, and if the grant is not renewed, graves are recycled and remains are moved to anossuary or somewhere else.[8]
Pedro Arrupe, S.J. (1907–1991), Superior General of the Society of Jesus (1965–1983) *Remains moved toChurch of the Gesù*
Walter Audisio (1909-1973), politician, partisan, andexecutioner of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his mistress, Clara Petacci *Lot: Zona ampliamento, riquadro 142, cappella F, fila 3, loculo n. 7*
Ennio Balbo (1922–1989), film actor *Lot: Zona ampliamento, gruppo 1 monumentale, cappella 34, piano uno, fila 1, loculo n. 2*
Gunhild Bergh (1888–1961), Swedish writer, journalist, literary historian
Alessandro Blasetti (1900–1987), film director *Lot: Vecchio reparto, riquadro 16, tomba n. 107*
Mario Brega, (1923–1994), film actor *Lot: Nuovo reparto, gruppo 15, riquadro 58, fronte cappella Cantusci Paradisi*
Bruno Corbucci (1931–1996), film director and screenwriter *Lot: Zona ampliamento, riquadro 133, tomba a terra n. 92*
Sergio Corbucci (1926–1990), film director and screenwriter *Lot: Zona ampliamento, riquadro 133, tomba a terra n. 92*
Elio de Angelis (1958–1986),F1 racing driver *Lot: Altopiano Pincetto, riquadro 38, tomba n. 10*
Eduardo De Filippo (1900–1984), stage and film actor *Lot: Evangelici, riquadro 98, cappella 24*
Peppino De Filippo (1903–1980), stage and film actor *Lot: Evangelici, riquadro 98, cappella 24*
Fr.Joseph de Finance [fr], S.J. (1904–2000), French Jesuit and eminent Thomist philosopher
Vittorio De Sica (1901–1974), film actor, director and screenwriter *Lot: Zona ampliamento, riquadro 143, tomba a terra n. 61*
Gioacchino Ersoch (1815–1902), Italian architect active in Rome *Lot: Altopiano Pincetto, riquadro 38, tomba n. 10*
Aldo Fabrizi (1905–1990), film actor *Lot: Zona ampliamento, riquadro 133, cappella 8*
Ronald Firbank (1886–1926), English novelist *Lot: Tomba a terra, Ex Evangelici, riquadro 38*
Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (1871–1949), Spanish fashion designer, lighting engineer, and painter *Lot: Pincetto nuovo, riquadro 49*
Rino Gaetano (1950–1981), singer and songwriter *Lot: Zona ampliamento, riquadro 119, cappella 5, piano terra, fila 2, loculo n. 10*
Palmiro Togliatti (1893–1964), politician and partisan *Lot: Nuovo reparto, Famedio del PCI, riquadro 8 distinti*
Cyril Toumanoff (1913–1997), Russian-born American historian andgenealogist of Armenian-Georgian descent *Lot: cappella dei Cavalieri di Malta*
Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888–1970), modernist poet, journalist, essayist *Lot: Arciconfraternita, scalinata fronte riquadro 145, lotto 3, gradone 3, loculo n. 59*
Luigi Zampa (1905–1991), film director and screenwriter *Lot: Rampa Caracciolo, fila IV, n. 50*
Riccardo Zanella (1875–1959), Fiuman politician, President of theFree State of Fiume (1921–1924) *Lot: Gruppo I monumentale, cappella R, fila 5, loculo n. 4*
Israel Zolli (1881–1956), Jewish convert to Catholicism, professor, author *Lot: Nuovo reparto, riquadro 45, primo piano, galleria XIII*
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