About the cemetery
Based on a project by the engineer Enrico Gattinoni, the Monumental Cemetery of Lecco was inaugurated in 1882.
The fields designated as municipal burial grounds are flanked on three sides by private chapels, all joined by a walkway.
The lovely neo-gothic portico is an elegant exception to the dominating neoclassical style of the funerary architecture. On the far side, an octagonal oratorio stands at the center topped by a pavilion vault. In 1901 the entrance atrium and facade (by engineer Cesare Mazzocchi) was built in the Art Nouveau style.
An open-air museum
A wealth of sculptures commissioned in the late 1800s and early 1900s by acclaimed artists adorn the area, artists whose works can be found in the piazzas and cemeteries of Lecco and throughout Lombardy. Some of them are: F. Confalonieri, G. Branca, E. Bazzaro, C. Da Nova, L. Broggi, D. Barcaglia, P. Clerci, E. Agnati, R. Lainati, M.Vedani, A. Montegani, G. Castiglioni, F. Modena, L.Panzeri.
In the late 1900s, R. Rui, R. Piter, and P. Atchugarry worked beside such artists, Lecchese by adoption, as G. Mozzanica, R. Pedroli, G. De Candido, L.Milani, F. Simoncini, who sought infinite plastic, iconographic and material variations within the area of classic traditions.
Events at the cemetery
Many events regularly take place at the cemetery. One such is a guided tour and concert on the theme "Female figure", which took place in 2012.
Address
Monumental Cemetery of LeccoVia Giuseppe Parini 29
23900 Lecco
Italy
Basic information
Surface: 20.000 m2Graves: 2500
Private chapels: 84