Taphophile Tragics

Another sculpture at the cemetery Staglione in Genoa, Italy as I have shown before many times. I like the way she holds her apron with the drapes and let flowers fall down. Somebody gave her even a real one or maybe it is plastic. See for more Taphophile Tragics here

Taphophile Tragics

At the Staglione cemetery in Genoa this sculpture in one of the galleries was so unusual. Not so dramatic as all the others but such a touching little girl sitting on the tomb in what looks like sand.

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Taphophile Tragics

Today I will show you the cemetery Staglione in Genoa, Italy again. This is the new part with recent graves. In the back behind the trees,  you can see the galleries I showed you last week,

The recent graves are much more simple than the ones from 1800.

To reach the higher parts, we had to climb huge stairs.

Against the hills, behind the trees, were more graves in little houses, but we didn't make it so high. Some members of our group did so and they saw an impressive grave of the "Ferrari family".

Everything was so huge, look at this statue at the entrance. Next week I will show you some last photos.

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Taphophile Tragics

I continue with the cemetery Staglione in Genoa, Italy.  Last week we had the adonis, this week the ladies. Several tombs had a grieving lady on it. It is no angel as I first thought because she has no wings.

This one looked a bit scary, almost like a corpse on the tomb.

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Taphophile Tragics

As I mentioned last week I visited the cemetery Staglione in Genoa Italy which dates from 1851 and has very much sculptures on the graves which are rather dramatic. But who wouldn't have this Adonis on his gravestone? He seems to be overwhelmed by grief.

I like the Italian theatrical outings.

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Genoa

Genoa is an old surprising harbour city I didn't know. It reminds me a bit of Barcelona with old buildings, palaces and churches. In 2004 Genova was the cultural capital of Europe and the famous architect Renzo Piano made this "Bigo"in the harbour, inspired by the masts of a ship. There is a rotating elevator in which you have a panaromatic view over the city. It was out of order helas.

Two lions flank the church stairs to the San Lorenzo Church.

 Piazza De Ferrari with a big theatre on the left.

This was so funny, we turned around a corner and saw these school children sitting on the stepps of a chapel. Their teacher was just making a photo of them and our group joined her, so the children had suddenly a whole battery of cameras in front of them.

We visited a cemetery "Staglione" with amazing sculptures. I made many photos there which I will show you later .

One of the most beautiful streets is the "Via Garibaldi" with only palaces on both sides from the 16th and 17th century. It was difficult to photograph, because the street was so narrow. You could imagine how it must have been to walk there long ago.