Our Old English Cemetery is one of the oldest non-Catholic cemeteries in Italy.
It is called “Cinitero Inglese”, but not only Englishmen are buried here, this was a burial ground used by several non-Catholic confessions present in town at the time.
Most of the tombs are from the 19th Century, some from 18th Century and a few even from earlier times.
This is the oldest tomb from 17th Century. You can see the place is somewhat derelict and just now some volunteers are trying to remove the weeds, tracing and cleaning the old tombs.If you are interested, our friend Matteo Giunti has a great website, Leghorn Merchant Networks, with detailed informations about the works and the records of the cemetery.
See also: New English Cemetery
Old English Cemetery of Livorno: Survey and analysis (Leghorn Merchant Networks)
23 comments:
I kinda like it like this with all the green weeds.
I like cemeteries. Nice work in the tombs.
Cemeteries hold so much more 'life' than death. Beautiful!
Interesting tombs! I think I looked like that statue in the first picture today - not out of grief, but exhaustion!
Fine series of shots here. I, too, like all that green around the 17th century tomb.
I love wandering about cemeteries and looking at the headstones and the messages written thereupon.
This is a bit more ornate than most of ours, though.
By the way, I laughed out loud at your description of what would happen at a neighborhood pool in Livorno! Is that really true or were you exaggerating a bit?
I could spend a lot of time reading the stones here if they're in English. I like the beautiful big green plants, but we don't want the monuments to decay any faster than necessary. A really nice post.
Oh wow, what a historical treasure this cemetery is. The first sculpture is so sad and so beautiful. And like Steffe, I actually like the weeds around the oldest tomb.
Fresh weeds at an old cemetery. The struggle continues.
This is fantastic. You'll have to show us more.
I've always found cementaries interesting and 'special' and try to visit them whenever I am. The one here is fantastic.The first photo is brillant and I love the old tombs covered with green.
I commend the volunteers, but the tombstone surrounded by all the greenery doesn't look so bad ;-)
So English means non-Catholic in Italy? Are they refurbishing with fresh bodies? Love old cemeteries and your photos.
I agree with Hilda, they are historical treasures!Your first shot is absolutely perfect!You are sooo talented with your camera!
Léia
A beautiful old cemetary. You can take us back here any time. I love to wander through old graves and wonder what those people's lives were like.
What a beautiful place! I would love to wander around in there.
Old cemeteries are fascinating! Your choice is excellent here.
@ tapirgal - It is called English, but there are stones written in French (Huguenots probably) and in Dutch.
Wonderful post.
I love to ramble around old cemetaries---of course the ones here are not THAT old. Mid to late 1800s would be old here. I love the headstones and the inscriptions too. MB
Moving place , i like the weeds growing around the old graves ...
I like old cemeteries like this. There are so many interesting things to see not to mention the history. I might have seen some 17th century graves near Newtown, but I don't remember. 18th century for sure though.
She looks sad indeed.
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So very interesting and touching.
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