monuments

Today I visited the Cimitero Monumentale, suggested to me by dad.



I'm glad I did, for it was very worth the good hour I spent walking around!
Each tomb was nothing less than a monument, varying in size and decorations. A little capolavoro of art and architecture.



The website offers a long list (http://www.monumentale.net/personaggi.aspx?codice=0000000016&id=0000000005) of renowned deceased present, but unfortunately I am rather too young and uncultured to be familiar with them. Anyway their success explains some over-the-top tomb monuments. The more modest ones:





And many fancy ones like these:



Walking back I couldn't help but notice an odd-looking guy who was attracting a fair bit of attention:



I could have sworn he was Australian but in fact he spoke perfect Italian. Very very unusual! =]