Milan Sights

Cimitero Monumentale

#2 of 449 things to do in Milan

#2 of 588 things to do in Lombardy & the Lakes

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Good for: Art lovers, photographers

Not good for: wheelchairs, very young children, people who don't like the dead

  • Address
    • NW Milan
  • Transport
    • Garibaldi
  • Phone
    • 02 884 65 600
  • Hours
    • 8am-6pm Tue-Sun

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Lonely Planet review for Cimitero Monumentale

Behind striking Renaissance- revival black-and-white walls, Milan’s wealthy have kept their dynastic ambitions alive long after death with grand sculptural gestures since 1866. Nineteenth-century death-the-maiden eroticism gives way to some fabulous abstract forms from midcentury masters. Studio BBPR’s geometric steel-and-marble memorial to Milan’s WWII concentration camp dead is stark and moving. Grab a map inside the forecourt - it’s easy to get lost.

 

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    Fantastic collection of artworks

    vsofras2 recommends this,

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    I have visited several cemeteries around the world but nothing had prepared me for the beauty of this place. It is more of an outdoors museum of incredible art (statues and small churches) than a cemetery. Its well kept grounds make this place even more so attractive. The entrance is free and it makes a great outing on a sunny afternoon away from the crowds of the square where the Duomo is located.

    Vic Sofras

    Good for: Art lovers, photographers

    Not good for: wheelchairs, very young children

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    Beautiful sculptures and dead people

    baxgirl830 recommends this,

    So it sounds morbid to walk around a cemetery but it's actually beautiful. The amount of effort these people put into these graves is so mind-boggling and beautiful that it's worth a trip out.

    Not good for: people who don't like the dead

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