Cimitero Evangelico agli Allori explained
The Cimitero Evangelico agli Allori ("The Evangelical Cemetery at Laurels") is located in Florence, Italy, between 'Due Strade' and Galluzzo.
History
The 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
- 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
- – Italian aviator, Lot: A-VIII-13
- – 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
- – German painter, Lot: I-XI-27
- – 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
See also
Further reading
- Book: Gobbi Sica, Grazia . 2016 . In Loving Memory: il cimitero agli Allori di Firenze . Leo S. Olschki . Florence . 978-88-222-6416-9 .
- Book: Foresto . Niccolai . L'urne de' forti: monumenti e iscrizioni sepolcrali . Coppini Tipografi . Florence . 1997 .
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