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The 'Cimitero Monumentale' in Milan, Italy is a very large cemetery located on the square given its name, Piazzale del Cimitero Monumentale. Near the heart of Milan, the cemetery was designed by the architect Carlo Maciachini (1818-1899). It opened in 1866 and since then has been filled with a wide range of both contemporary and classical Italian sculptures as well as Greek temples, elaborate obelisks, and other original works such as a scaled-down version of Trajan's Column.
The main entrance is through the large ''Famedio'' (Temple of Fame), a massive Neo-Medieval style building of marble and stone that serves as the tomb for some of the country's most honored citizens including Alessandro Manzoni. In the Palanti Chapel is a monument commemorating the 800 Milanese citizens who were executed in Nazi concentration camps. The cemetery has a special section for non-members of the Roman Catholic faith.
Some of the personages interred here include:

★ Alberto Ascari (1918-1955), Formula One champion driver

★ Antonio Ascari (1888-1925), Grand Prix champion driver

★ Ernesto Bazzaro (1859 - 1937), sculptor

★ Luca Beltrami (1854-1933), architect

★ Arrigo Boito (1842-1918), composer and Librettist

★ Carlo Cattaneo (1801-1869), philosopher, patriot

★ Alfredo Catalani (1854-1893), composer

★ Walter Chiari (1924-1991), actor

★ Franco Corelli (1921-2003), opera tenor

★ Filippo Filippi (1830-1887), journalist, music critic

★ Eva Duarte de Perón buried as María Maggi, (1919-1952), leader; since 1955 to 1971

★ Giorgio Gaber (1939-2003), actor, composer, musician

★ Giuseppe Gervasini (1867-1941), religious figure

★ Vladimir Horowitz (1903-1989), pianist

★ Alessandro Manzoni (1785-1873) poet, novelist

★ Francesco Maria Piave (1810-1876), librettist, poet

★ Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886), composer

★ Salvatore Quasimodo (1901-1968), 1959 Nobel prize in literature

★ Medardo Rosso (1858-1928), sculptor

★ Arturo Toscanini (1867-1957), conductor and cellist

★ Filippo Turati (1857-1932), politician

★ Bruno Valiani (1907-1998), artist

★ Leo Valiani (1909-1999), writer, politician

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List of famous cemeteries