The Campo Verano (Italian: ''Cimitero del Verano'') is a

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, Italy, founded in the early 19th century. The monumental cemetery covers a surface area of 83 hectares which is currently divided into several sections: the main

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cemetery, the

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cemetery established in 1895, a

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section with its own entrance and a military section with monument to the victims of

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History and description

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The Verano (officially the "Communal Monumental Cemetery of Campo Verano") is located in the ''quartiere''

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of Rome, near the

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. The name ''Verano'' refers to the ancient Roman ''Campo dei Verani'' that was located here. As evidenced by the existence of an earlier Roman necropolis dedicated to St. Ciriaca, the cemetery ground has been a burial place for at least twenty centuries. A modern cemetery was not established until the

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during 1807–1812, when the architect

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was commissioned for designs after the required burials to take place outside of the city walls. Although the cemetery was consecrated in 1835, the works continued during the pontificates of

Gregory XVI Pope Gregory XVI (; ; born Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari; 18 September 1765 – 1 June 1846) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 2 February 1831 to his death in June 1846. He had adopted the name Mauro upon enteri ...

and

Pius IX Pope Pius IX (; born Giovanni Maria Battista Pietro Pellegrino Isidoro Mastai-Ferretti; 13 May 1792 – 7 February 1878) was head of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878. His reign of nearly 32 years is the longest verified of any pope in hist ...

, under the direction of

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who also built the cemetery church of ''Santa Maria della Misericordia'' (consecrated in 1860), along with the monumental entrance gate. The vast burial ground in an open-air museum setting is located on an undulating slope, dotted with majestic tombs in different styles, varying from

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. Enamel funerary portraits of the deceased painted on lava by Filippo Severati are worth seeing. The papal authorities still have some control over the administration.

Pope Francis Pope Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17 December 1936 – 21 April 2025) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 13 March 2013 until Death and funeral of Pope Francis, his death in 2025. He was the fi ...

celebrated

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Mass here on a papal visit to the cemetery on 1 November 2014.

Notable burials

Note that plots are not necessarily perpetual concessions, and if the grant is not renewed, graves are recycled and remains are moved to an

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or somewhere else.

19th century

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20th century

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(1858–1922), last surviving

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at the time of his death *Lot: Pincetto nuovo, riquadro 31 bis* *

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(1868–1953), politician,

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(1952–1953) *

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(1912–1945), mistress of the Italian dictator

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(1909-1973), politician, partisan, and

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(1863–1866) and

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(1913–1997), Russian-born American historian and

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of Armenian-Georgian descent *Lot: cappella dei Cavalieri di Malta* *

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21st century

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(1919–2013), politician,

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(1934-2024), Companion of the President of Italy (2006-2015) *

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(1969–2012), voice actress *Lot: Nuovo reparto, riquadro 60, piano terra superiore, passaggio C, gruppo 1, fila 1, loculo n. 1* *

Oreste Lionello Oreste Lionello (18 April 1927 – 19 February 2009) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Lionello was born in Rhodes (which was then a possession of Italy), to Calabrian parents, and grew up in Reggio Calabria. He began his career as ...

, (1927–2009), film actor and voice actor *Lot: Nuovo reparto, riquadro 85, cappella 3, piano terra, fila 1, loculo 19* *

Carlo Lizzani Carlo Lizzani (3 April 1922 – 5 October 2013) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and critic. Biography Born in Rome, before World War II Lizzani worked as a scenarist on such films as Roberto Rossellini's '' Germany Year Zero'', ...

, (1922–2013), film director and screenwriter *Lot: Vecchio reparto, riquadro 33, fila 97, tomba a terra n. 337* *

Luigi Magni Luigi Magni (21 March 1928 – 27 October 2013) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. Life and career Born in Rome, Italy, Magni started his career as a screenwriter, in 1956, with '' Tempo di villeggiatura''. In 1968 he collabo ...

, (1928–2013), film director and screenwriter *Lot: Zona ampliamento, riquadro 132, tomba a terra n. 122* *

Siniša Mihajlović Siniša Mihajlović ( sr-Cyrl, Синиша Михајловић, ; 20 February 1969 – 16 December 2022) was a Serbian football manager and professional footballer who played as a defender. Mihajlović had an illustrious playing career, winni ...

(1969–2022), Serbian footballer and manager *Lot: Zona ampliamento, riquadro 119, galleria 2, fila 2, loculo n. 6* *

Gillo Pontecorvo Gilberto Pontecorvo (; 19 November 1919 – 12 October 2006) was an Italian filmmaker associated with the political cinema movement of the 1960s and 1970s. He is best known for directing the landmark war docudrama '' The Battle of Algiers'' (19 ...

, (1919–2006), film director and screenwriter *Lot: Zona ampliamento, riquadro 132, tomba n. 124* * Alfredo Reichlin (1925–2017), politician and partisan *Lot: Famedio del PCI, nuovo reparto* *

Alberto Sordi Alberto Sordi (15 June 1920 – 24 February 2003) was an Italian actor, comedian, voice dubber, director, singer, composer and screenwriter. Sordi is considered one of the most important actors in the history of Italian cinema and one of the b ...

, OMRI (1920–2003), film actor and director *Lot: Zona ampliamento, riquadro 145, cappella 2* *

Bud Spencer Bud Spencer (born Carlo Pedersoli; 31 October 1929 – 27 June 2016) was an Italian actor, professional swimmer and water polo player. He was known for action-comedy and spaghetti Western roles with his long-time film partner and friend Ter ...

(born Carlo Pedersoli, 1929–2016), film actor, Olympic swimmer and water polo player*. *

Bruno Trentin Bruno Trentin (9 December 1926 – 23 August 2007) was an Italian trade unionist and politician, General Secretary of Italian General Confederation of Labour from 1988 to 1994. Biography Trentin was born in Pavie, France, where his parents li ...

(1926–2007), politician and trade unionist *Lot: Famedio del PCI, nuovo reparto* *

Alida Valli Baroness Alida Maria Laura Altenburger von Marckenstein-Frauenberg (31 May 1921 – 22 April 2006), better known by her stage name Alida Valli, or simply Valli, was an Italian actress who appeared in more than 100 films in a 70-year career, span ...

(1921–2006), film actress *Lot: Nuovo reparto, riquadro 85, cappella 3, piano terra, fila 1, loculo n. 20*

Gallery

File:Campo Verano Roma fc06.jpg, Burial chapel of

Dominican Order The Order of Preachers (, abbreviated OP), commonly known as the Dominican Order, is a Catholic Church, Catholic mendicant order of pontifical right that was founded in France by a Castilians, Castilian priest named Saint Dominic, Dominic de Gu ...

File:Roma - Cappella della Pia Unione.jpg, Cemetery church of Santa Maria della Misericordia File:Rome, Jesuit Mausoleum at the Campo Verano cemetery.JPG, Burial chapel of

Jesuits The Society of Jesus (; abbreviation: S.J. or SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits ( ; ), is a religious order (Catholic), religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rom ...

File:Cimitero Verano Roma-angelo-01.jpg, Statue of an angel in prayer File:Roma verano lombardi 23.jpg, Grave monument of Lombardi family File:Roma verano lombardi 21.jpg, Lombardi mausoleum with life-size statues of brothers Maurizio and Daniele File:Roma verano mancini 1.jpg, Mancini monument File:Angelo di Monteverde al Verano.jpg, Detail of Monteverde angel File:Roma-verano13.jpg, Funerary relief of a married couple File:Roma-verano06.jpg, Grave monument of Vitale family by sculptor Francesco Fabi Altini (1830-1906) File:Roma verano scarafoni 1 sleeping angel DSC 5717.jpg, Mourning angel File:Roma-verano12.jpg, Monumental tomb of Adriano Schiavetti who died at age 9 (1914-1923) File:Il dono.JPG, Life-size statue of a little girl File:Cimitero del Verano 123727.jpg, Enamel portraits of deceased by Luigi Severati File:BudSpencerCappellaV.jpg, Interior of

mausoleum File:Adelaide Ristori grave in Verano Roma.jpg, Mausoleum of

File:Verano Pincetto 01.jpg, Family mausoleums in Pincetto section of Verano File:Cimitero del Verano - Scogliera del Monte.jpg, General view of Verano

References

External links

Official website of Verano Monumental Cemetery

* ttp://www.cimiteridiroma.it GPS coordinates you need to use to find the graves of famous people in the Campo Verano Cemetery* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Campo Verano Buildings and structures in Rome Cemeteries and tombs in Rome Roman Catholic cemeteries in Italy Jewish cemeteries Rome Q. VI Tiburtino Cemeteries established in the 1810s