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The main entrance
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Soldiers dead during WWI and buried under tons of rethoric that sounds so weird nowadays...
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In memory of the Jews of Milan killed in concentration camps by the Nazis (with a helping hand from the Italians, never forget...)
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Artificial flowers
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Artificial flowers
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Brilliant guide!
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Toscanini's mausoleum was originally erected for his 4 years old boy in a very beautiful liberty style
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Lousy musicians on Dompè's mausoleum in contrast with the weeping lady in the background
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"A rivederci!" (meaning "see you!") may sound like and threat, or a hope...
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A celebration of manual work. The cemetery soon turned into a competing ground for wealthy families and ambitious artists trying to impress the public and gain everlasting fame!
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Oaxes at work (but wasn't it a celebration of human work?)
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Carlo Mozart (Karl, I presume, italianized in Carlo), son of Wolfgang, was a civil servant of the Austrian government in Milan. Apparently his father's talent did not pass into his DNA
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Probably one of the most beautiful monuments in the cemetery
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Standard picture when you play with B&W... ;-)
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Interesting texture for B&W
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Crowded monument
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One of the few examples of wildlife (the others are mostly eagles!): I hope the guy was not a hunter!
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Cimitero Monumentale does also host some more normal tombs, but an "artistic contect" is a must
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Real flowers
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A detail from the Last Supper, the funeral monument for the Campari family. Yes, that Campari...
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And finally some Very Normal People...
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A few roses left on a bench, probably for the photographers... ;-)
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Liberty again: the light and soft touch of this style helps fighting back the doom and loom of the place
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Ancient mausoleums are the inspiration source for many contemporary artifacts
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The main street towards what once was the main church in the centre of the cemetery
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Probably one of the most beautiful monuments in Cimitero Monumentale: the young lady gently sleeps into a dream-like death, welcomed by a line of angels along the path that will take her to the opening gate of heaven
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Just the perfect light...
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Cimitero Monumentale perfectly fits into the modern skyline of downtown Milan
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The owner of the whole place sleeps on the top of an old hearse. Built in the '20s it was an electrical vehicle: well ahead of times, isn't it?
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Tassels on the First Class hearse
