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  In 1827 the mayor of Turin was the Marquis Tancredi Falletti of Barolo. He contributed to the project of the Monumental Cemetery with a large donation. The project was approved in the area called the "Half Moons" , the name of the beautiful park that stood there until 1706. The park was destroyed by French troops besieging Turin when they put their camp. The Monumental Cemetery of Turin was officially opened in November 1829 . Today it occupies an area of 600.000m/2 . The Cemetery is an open air museum. The "City of Silence" is home to celebrities and numerous works of art , such as Bistolfi, Calandra, Canonica, Fumagalli, Rubino and so on. Writers, statesmen, historians, politicians, artists, footballers, heroes are numerous characters, not only from Turin   but entire Italy rest in the Monumental Cemetery of Turin. (Write up sourced from: https://www.significantcemeteries.org/2015/02/the-monumental-cemetery-of-turin-italy.html)   I visited this cemetery...

 

    Stone statue. Yoganarayana, Chandela Dynasty, 10 th century AD, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India. On display in the National Museum, New Delhi, India.  

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The Cimitero monumentale di Staglieno is an extensive monumental cemetery located on a hillside in the district of Staglieno of Genoa, Italy, famous for its monumental sculpture. Covering an area of more than a square kilometre, it is one of the largest cemeteries in Europe. It was started around 1851.    Genoa's Monumental Cemetery is almost an open air art gallery in the memory of the loved ones who are no longer there. I visited it in 2018 and took some photographs. Here are some depicting loss, sorrow & faith through the eyes of the contemporary Italian artists.  

    Depiction of Trivikrama in stone - Hindu God Lord Vishnu as the conquerer of the three worlds. This piece was discovered in Kashipur, Uttar Pradesh, India. It dates back to the 11 th century AB and is on display in the National Museum, New Delhi, India.