The Cimitero Evangelico agli Allori ("The Evangelical Cemetery at Laurels") is located in Florence, Italy, between 'Due Strade' and Galluzzo.
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History
editThe small cemetery was opened in 1877 when the non-Catholic communities of Florence could no longer bury their dead in the English Cemetery in Piazzale Donatello. It is named after the Allori farm where it was located.
Born as a Protestant cemetery, it is now nonsectarian and hosts people of all Christian denominations, as well as other religions (including Jews and Muslims) and non-believers.
The cemetery became newsworthy in 2006 when the writer and journalist Oriana Fallaci was buried there alongside her family. A stone memorial to Alexandros Panagoulis, her companion, is also present.
Notable burials
edit- Harold Acton – British writer, Lot: LOG-I-43
- William Acton – British painter, Lot: LOG-I-43
- Gisela von Arnim Grimm — German fabulist and writer
- Thomas Ball – American sculptor, worked with Hiram Powers and William Couper
- Arnold Böcklin – Swiss painter, Lot: A-VII-2
- Elizabeth Boott – American painter, Frank Duveneck's wife, Lot: R-III-27
- Lewis Einstein - American diplomat, writer and art collector
- Oriana Fallaci – Italian writer, Lot: I-XV-10
- Corrado Feroci (Silpa Bhirasri) – Italian sculptor, Lot: C-II-9
- Larkin Goldsmith Mead – American sculptor, Lot: H-VI-11
- Sir John Pope-Hennessy – British art historian, Lot: T/A-I-13
- John Louis Herbert Hinkler – Australian aviator, Lot: Q-I-23
- Herbert Percy Horne – British art collector, Lot: E-V-25
- Alice Keppel – British mistress of Edward VII and great-grandmother of Queen Camilla.
- Emily Hoggins Kossuth – Ferenc Kossuth's wife, Lot: A-VIII-1
- Violet Page (Vernon Lee) – British writer
- Charles Loeser – Art historian, Lot: A-X-23
- Roberto Longhi – Italian art historian, Lot: N-II-9
- Tjaarke Maas – Dutch artist
- Vasco Magrini – Italian aviator, Lot: A-VIII-13
- Teodorico Pietrocola Rossetti – Italian poet, Lot: A-II-4
- Howard Pyle – American illustrator, painter, and author, Columbarium
- Leonardo Savioli – Italian architect, Lot: K-III-21
- Truman Seymour – American Civil War general and watercolor artist
- Osbert Sitwell – British writer
- Hans-Joachim Staude – German painter, Lot: I-XI-27
- Eggert Stefánsson – Icelandic writer and singer
- Frederick Stibbert – Italian British art collector, A-X-25
- Ernesto Michahelles (Thayaht) – Italian artist, Lot: E-V-22
- Violet Trefusis – English and French writer, Lot: I-VIII-44
- Reginald Turner (writer) – British writer and friend of Oscar Wilde
- Mary Rogers Williams – American artist
Gallery
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Harold Acton
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William Acton
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Arnold Bocklin
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Oriana Fallaci
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Corrado Feroci
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John Louis Herbert Hinkler
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Herbert Percy Horne
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George Keppel and Alice Keppel
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Emily Hoggins Kossuth
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Charles Loeser
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Roberto Longhi
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Tjaarke Maas
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Vasco Magrini
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Larkin Goldsmith Mead
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John Pope-Hennessy
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Teodorico Pietrocola Rossetti
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Leonardo Savioli
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Osbert Sitwell
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Hans Joachim Staude
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Frederick Stibbert
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Ernesto Michahelles Thayaht
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Violet Trefusis
See also
editFurther reading
edit- Gobbi Sica, Grazia (2016). In Loving Memory: il cimitero agli Allori di Firenze. Florence: Leo S. Olschki. ISBN 978-88-222-6416-9.
- Niccolai, Foresto, ed. (1997). L'urne de' forti: monumenti e iscrizioni sepolcrali. Florence: Coppini Tipografi.
External links
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