Cimitero Monumentale della Certosa di Bologna

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Entrata Monumentale entrance
Burial place of the Montanari family in Chiostro VII by A. Muggia and D. Sarti

The Cimitero Monumentale della Certosa di Bologna is the older of two cemeteries in Bologna.

Location and structure

It is located west of the former city wall, near the Stadio Renato Dall'Ara , at the foot of the Colle della Guardia , on which the pilgrimage church Santuario della Madonna di San Luca stands, and covers an area of ​​around 30 hectares. The Canale di Reno runs south of the site . In addition to the general Roman Catholic cemetery, the area also includes the Protestant cemetery located outside the enclosure, as well as the Jewish cemetery of Bologna , which is also separate . Muslims, Orthodox Christians and Baha'i have their own grave fields on the Cimitero di Borgo Panigale . Both cemeteries are operated by the Bologna Servizi Cimiteriali Srl , which is 51% urban and 49% owned by SPV Bologna Spa .

The Certosa has four entrances, clockwise these are the Entrata Principale , where the administration and the crematorium are located, the Entrata Monumentale , the Entrata Ghisello and the Entrata Campo 1971 . The facility is divided into two main areas of roughly the same size; the several times expanded, multi-storey and partly subterranean Nucleo ottocentesco with its labyrinthine layout and the fields of Campo Nuovo , laid out with row and niche graves , which were created between 1942 and 1971.

The Certosa contains a large number of art-historically significant tombs. Particularly well-known are the Montanari family grave from 1891 and the Cella Magnani by the Bolognese sculptor Pasquale Rizzoli from 1904, in Liberty style, the Italian form of Art Nouveau .

The municipal cemetery was laid out in 1801 , using the existing structures of the Carthusian monastery of San Girolamo di Casara, which was founded in the 14th century and dissolved by Napoleon in 1797 .

tourism

The passion that aristocrats and commoners developed for the construction of family tombs transformed the Certosa into a veritable “open-air museum”, which became a point of visit for many trips to Italy; Visitors include Chateaubriand , Byron , Dickens , Mommsen , Stendhal . In addition to guided tours, concerts are also held in the warm season. There is an information room for interested visitors at the main entrance.

Courtyard of honor for those killed in the First World War in Chiostro VI

Graves of famous people

Sala del Colombario
Ossuary for fallen partisans Monumento Ossario dei caduti Partigiani , architect was Piero Bottoni .

In the cemetery are the graves of numerous people who were important for the history of Bologna and Italy, including:

In the Protestant cemetery:

literature

  • Sara Benuzzi, Michela Cavina, Melissa La Maida, Roberto Martorelli: Guida Certosa di Bologna . A cura di Roberto Martorelli, Edizioni Minerva, Argelato 2016. ISBN 978-88-7381-899-1 .
  • Gian Marco Vidor: Biografia di un cimitero italiano - La Certosa di Bologna . Società editrice il Mulino, Bologna 2012. ISBN 978-88-15-24063-7 .

Web links

Commons : Cimitero Monumentale della Certosa di Bologna  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Renato Zoppelli: August Wilhelm Boesen. In: Find a Grave . December 21, 2019, accessed April 23, 2020 .

Coordinates: 44 ° 29 ′ 47 "  N , 11 ° 18 ′ 34.2"  E