The Cimitero Flaminio (also known as Cimitero di Prima Porta or Cimitero di Montebello) is a cemetery in
Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
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(Italy), outside the
Grande Raccordo Anulare
The GRA or Grande Raccordo Anulare (literally, "Great Ring Junction") is a toll-free, ring-shaped long orbital motorway that encircles Rome.
GRA is one of the most important roads in Rome, and traffic reaches 160,000 vehicles per day as of 201 ...
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
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.
History
The cemetery was established in 1945 on a project by the architect
Elena Luzzatto
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The daughter of Vittorio Valentini and Annarella "Cloe" Luzz ...
.
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
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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
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.
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
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Gianni Agus
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(actor)
*
Gilberto Agustoni
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(Catholic cardinal)
*
Ilaria Alpi
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(journalist)
*
Ennio Antonelli
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*
Maurizio Arena
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Life and career
Born in Rome as Maurizio Di Lorenzo, Arena made his film debut at nineteen years old, ...
(actor)
*
Enrico Berlinguer
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(politician)
*
Angelo Bernabucci
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*Angelo Acciaioli (bishop) (1298–1357), Italian Rom ...
(actor)
*
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(footballer and coach)
*
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*
Bombolo
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(actor)
*
Fred Bongusto
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(singer, songwriter and composer)
*
Carla Boni
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(singer)
*
Rossano Brazzi
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(actor)
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(dancer, choreographer, director and actor)
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Primo Brown
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Flavio Bucci
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Franco Caracciolo
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He was born in Bari in 1920. He studied piano and composing at the Conservatoire of S. Pietro a Majella in Naples, and conducting at the Accademia di San ...
(conductor)
*
Memmo Carotenuto
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* ''Assassination in Rome'' (1965)
* ''Male Companion'' (1964)
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(actor)
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Vincenzo Cerami
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From 1967, he contributed or wrote screenplays or adapted screenplays for more than 40 films. In 1996, he was a member of the jury ...
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Enzo Cerusico
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(actor)
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Gino Cervi
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Giorgio Chinaglia
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Eduardo Ciannelli
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Luigi Comencini
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(film director)
* Corrado (radio and television host)
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Vincenzo Crocitti
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Carlo Dapporto
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Gualtiero De Angelis
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Elena Fabrizi
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Franca Faldini
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Born in Rome into a middle-class Jewish family, Faldini was forced to flee to Tuscany because of the Fascist racial laws. After th ...
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Rossella Falk
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Born in Rome as Rosa Antonia Falzacappa, Falk gradu ...
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*
Amintore Fanfani
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Giuliano Gemma
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*
Ileana Ghione
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Niní Gordini Cervi
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Sylva Koscina
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*
Virna Lisi Verna or Virna may refer to:
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(actress)
*
Carlo Lizzani
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*
Roldano Lupi
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* ''Jealousy'' (1942)
* '' Yes, Madam'' ...
(actor)
*
Tommaso Maestrelli
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Pupella Maggio
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Born in Naples into a family of actors, Maggio debuted on stage aged twelve years old, as the sidekick of her brother ...
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*
Luigi Magni
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Born in Rome, Magni started his career as a screenwriter, in 1956, with ''Tempo di villeggiatura''. In 1968 he collaborated wi ...
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* Riccardo Mantoni (director, voice actor and television author)
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*
Myroslav Marusyn
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The Dicastery for the Eastern Churches (also called Dicas ...
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Gilberto Mazzi
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Pietro Mennea
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Domenico Modugno
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Joaquín Navarro-Valls
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Umberto Nobile
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Marina Pagano
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Silvana Pampanini
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Paolo Panelli
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Selected filmography
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*
Sandro Penna
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Alberto Rabagliati
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*
Renato Rascel
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Nora Ricci
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Life and career
Born in Viareggio, Tuscany, Ricci was the daughter of actors Renzo Ricci and Margherita Bagni. Ermete Zacconi was her mother's stepfather. At 17 years old, ...
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Luciano Rossi
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Partial filmography
* ''Ten Italians for One German'' (1962) - German Soldier ...
(actor)
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Nini Rosso
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Nunzio Rotondo Nunzio Rotondo (11 December 1924 – 15 September 2009) was an Italian jazz trumpeter and bandleader, born in Palestrina.
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Gigi Sabani
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Lydia Simoneschi
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Born in Rome and the daughter of silent film actor and dire ...
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Alberto Sorrentino
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* '' The Last Wagon'' (1943) - Un passante
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* Steno (film director, screenwriter and cinematographer)
*
Aroldo Tieri
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Born in Corigliano Calabro, son of the journalist and playwright Vincenzo Tieri, Aroldo Tieri ...
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Vieri Tosatti
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, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, It ...
(composer)
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Bice Valori
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Born in Rome, Valori studied at the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts, graduating in 1948. The same ...
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Carlo Vanzina
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Fernando Viola
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Notes
See also
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Prima Porta
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External links
* {{cite web, url=http://www.cimitericapitolini.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=36, title=Cimiteri Capitolini
Flaminio1945 establishments in Italy