Cimitero delle Porte Sante
Monumental cemetery in Florence, Italy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Monumental cemetery in Florence, Italy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cimitero delle Porte Sante (The Sacred Doors Cemetery) is a monumental cemetery in Florence located within the fortified bastion of the Basilica of San Miniato al Monte.[1][2][3]
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Established | 1837 |
Country | Italy |
Coordinates | 43°45′32″N 11°15′51″E |
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The idea of a burial site near San Miniato was conceived around 1837, although the camposanto was inaugurated eleven years later, in 1848.
The project, originally entrusted to architect Niccolò Matas (the designer of the facade of the Basilica of Santa Croce), was enlarged and in 1864 Mariano Falcini used the area of the sixteenth-century fortress lying around the church.
The project of the new cemetery grew parallel with the development of the new road network, elaborated by Poggi, which, with the opening of the Colli Boulevard and the monumental staircase, created new ways to access the basilica.
In addition to many neo-Gothic architectural features, the cemetery holds the burial sites of many illustrious figures, including:
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