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Cimitero Maggiore di Milano
Cemetery in the Italian municipality of Milan
Cimitero Maggiore di Milano | |
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Established | 1895 |
Location | Milan |
Country | Italy |
Size | 678,624 square metres (7,304,650 sq ft) |
No.
of interments | over 500.000 |
The Cimitero Maggiore di Milano ("Greater Cemetery of Milan"), also known as Cimitero di Musocco ("Musocco Cemetery"), is the largest cemetery of Milan, Italy.
It is located in Zone 8, in the Musocco district (formerly a comune of its own), not far from the Garegnano Charterhouse. The cemetery has an overall area of 678,624 m2 (including 80,000 m2 of green space) with over 500,000 graves.[1]
History
In the 19th century, as a consequence of the rapid demographic growth of Milan, a thorough reorganization of the cemeteries of the city was due.
At the time, Milan had a large number of small cemeteries located in areas that were originally peripheral but, as the city expanded, had experienced