The Cimitero Flaminio (also known as Cimitero di Prima Porta or Cimitero di Montebello) is a cemetery in

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(Italy), outside the Grande Raccordo Anulare to the north, between the

Via Flaminia The Via Flaminia or Flaminian Way was an ancient Roman road leading from Rome over the Apennine Mountains to ''Ariminum'' (Rimini) on the coast of the Adriatic Sea, and due to the ruggedness of the mountains was the major option the Romans had ...

and the

Via Tiberina The via Tiberina was an ancient Roman road, which from the north of Rome, going up the right bank of the Tiber valley, crossed the ancient Faliscan-Capenate countryside to reach the Sabina and continued towards Ocriculum in Umbria. Today, in the m ...

History

The cemetery was established in 1945 on a project by the architect Elena Luzzatto.

Description

With its extension of 140 hectares,From ''Cimiteri Capitolini'', checked on May 4, 2012
/ref> it is the largest cemetery in Italy; it is crossed by 37 km of internal roads, on which vehicles and buses circulate. The graves are mainly mound tombs; many of them are arranged into buildings or constructions which, due to their shape, are called "semicircular". There are some distinct departments for the different

religious denomination A religious denomination is a subgroup within a religion that operates under a common name and tradition among other activities. The term refers to the various Christian denominations (for example, Eastern Orthodox, Catholic, and the many varie ...

s, as well as numerous common fields and a crematorium. It is considered a masterpiece of contemporary cemetery architecture. It houses the tombs of many famous personalities of Italian culture, art, entertainment, sport and politics of the last century. Within the cemetery rises a church dedicated to Saint Michael the Archangel ''in Flaminio'', a subsidiary place of worship of the parish of Santi Urbano e Lorenzo a Prima Porta.

Famous people buried in the cemetery

* Mario Ageno (biophysicist) *

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Transports

Montebello (

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)

Notes

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* {{cite web, url=http://www.cimitericapitolini.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=36, title=Cimiteri Capitolini Flaminio 1945 establishments in Italy

History

Description

Famous people buried in the cemetery

Transports

Notes

See also

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