The Monumental Cemetery is the largest cemetery located near the center of Milan in the homonymous square. Designed by the architect Carlo Maciachini (1818-1899), It was opened in 1866 and has since been enriched by many sculptures of Italian is generally classical and contemporary, as Greek temples, elaborate obelisks, and other original works like a stripped down version of Trajan's Column.
The most famous monuments of the Monumental Cemetery are:
  • Famedio (dal rumor house: Temple of Fame) : main entrance of the cemetery monumentale.E’ an imposing building in the neo-medieval marble and brick. Initially designed to be a church, from 1870 It was used as a burial site of the most honored Italian, as Alessandro Manzoni and Carlo Cattaneo. There are also inscriptions representing other important figures related to Milan who are buried in other places, such as Giuseppe Verdi, Raimondo Vianello and Sandra Mondaini, Herbert Kilpin and Giorgio Muggiani, Piero Colombi.
  • Civic Mausoleum Palanti ( by architect Mario Palanti): tomb used to house deceased Milanese not famous enough for admission to the memorial chapel, but representative had some merit in life.
  • Memorial of approximately 800 Milan killed in Nazi concentration camps (in the central area)
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