A 19th-century open-air sculpture museum that nobody visits because it's a cemetery
Monumental Cemetery
The Cimitero Monumentale di Verona, built in 1828, is one of the finest collections of 19th and early 20th-century Italian funerary sculpture outside Milan. The neoclassical monuments, the weeping angels, the eclectic mausoleums, the military sections with graves of soldiers from four wars — it's an extraordinary open-air museum of social history. Nobody visits it because it's a cemetery. But Italian municipal cemeteries of this period are some of the most important archives of stone sculpture in the country. This one includes the graves of many Veronesi who shaped the city in the modern era.
Visitor Tip
Take the free map at the entrance. The monumental tombs of the 19th and early 20th centuries are in the older section on the left. The military section contains graves from WWI and WWII with Austrian, Italian, and German soldiers.