San Cataldo Cemetery (Modena, Italy)

The modern cemetey

The modern part of the San Cataldo Cemetery was built on the basis of the
project by the architect Aldo Rossi. The cemetery of Aldo Rossi is an analogical
route through the collective images of the “house of the dead”.

The building complex is structured in such a way that it confines a wide green space
in the center, further marked by a criss-cross of pedestrian paths. The
various buildings run parallel to each other towards the central
“vertebral” axis. The rhythmic articulation of the openings, framed by the
cold neatness of the surrounding walls are to this day interrupted in
counterpoint only by the central cubic element destined for the ossuary which,
when the works will be completed, will be in visual balance with the conic
tower of the common grave.