of Utilitalia-SEFIT, on the occasion of the Week to Discovering European
Cemeteries 2022.
About the Utilitalia-SEFIT
The public companies that manage the main
Italian monumental cemeteries are associated in
Utilitalia-SEFIT, which has established in 2015 a Technical Table for
the historical, artistic and tourist enhancement of its cemeteries by
organizing promotional activities and
signing memoranda of understanding first with the Tourism Directorate
of the current MIC, then also with the ASCE Association of Significant
Cemeteries in Europe (ASCE) – custodian of the Cultural Route of the Council of Europe: European
Cemeteries Route (CEMR).
Members of Utilitalia-SEFIT
The
Staglieno of Genoa, the Monumental of Treviso, the
Certosa of Bologna, the
Verano of Rome, the
Monumental of Milan, the Certosa of Ferrara, the
Monumental of Turin, the
Monumental of Mantua, the
Cemetery of the Villetta of Parma, the
Monumental of Verona, the Bolzano Cemetery, the San Cataldo di Modena, the Monumentale di Treviso and the
Monumentale di Trento
are among the historical and significant Italian cemeteries members of the
Technical Board of Valorisation of Utilitalia-SEFIT.
WDEC 2022 Program and other activities of Utilitalia-SEFIT
This year, the members of the Utilitalia-SEFIT TTL had the opportunity to join a project of historical reenactment “Giovine Italia, Giovine Europa. Ideas, struggles, emancipation” promoted to “8Cento APS” and the Civic Museum of the Risorgimento, foreseen in the review “Discovering the Italian patriot”.
Furthermore, every year the group of Italian cemeteries adheres to the cultural
initiative of ASCE with a series of initiative within the
Week of Discovering European Cemeteries.
THIS BOOKLET is full of appointments, cultural initiatives, and guided tours that will take place during this year’s Week of Discovering European Cemeteries.
The first three dates scheduled for the period are:
- May 26 – Certosa di Bologna,
- May 27 – Mantua Cemetery,
- 2 June –
Verano Cemetery in Rome.