The Cimitero Monumentale in Milano is far more than a burial ground; it is a vast open-air museum reflecting the city’s changing artistic and social character since the nineteenth century. Opened in 1866, it was created to unify Milano’s smaller cemeteries into one grand site worthy of a modern, industrialising metropolis. The architect Carlo Maciachini designed it in an eclectic style blending Byzantine, Gothic and Romanesque elements, resulting in a structure that feels both solemn and theatrical. The grand entrance, the Famedio – initially intended as a pantheon for Milano’s most illustrious figures – sets the tone with its striking marble façade and towering spire.
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