Cemetery of San Cataldo, Public cemetery in Modena, Italy

San Cataldo Cemetery in Modena has three parts: the historical cemetery (1858–1876) by Cesare Costa, a rectangular quadriportico 272 by 180 metres with Doric columns and Greek-temple facades; the Jewish cemetery building of 1903 between the two; and the unfinished new cemetery by Aldo Rossi and Gianni Braghieri, whose courtyard centres on a red concrete cube with seven rows of nine square windows per facade.

The historic cemetery was built by Cesare Costa between 1858 and 1876. A Jewish cemetery building was added in 1903 between the old and new sections. In 1971 Aldo Rossi and Gianni Braghieri designed the new cemetery, inaugurated in 1984 and still unfinished; Nina Avramidou restored the historic part after the 1997 earthquake.

The historic section holds the tombs of Modena figures such as carmaker Enzo Ferrari, buried with his parents Alfredo and Adalgisa Bisbini and his brother Alfredo Dino, patriot Nicola Fabrizi, actress Virginia Reiter, gymnast Alberto Braglia and playwright Paolo Ferrari. A chapel is reserved for cadets of the Modena Military Academy. At the main entrance stands Arnaldo Pomodoro's 1971 sculpture Una battaglia, dedicated to the partisans.

The cemetery is open Tuesday to Sunday from 8.30am to 5.00pm. The complex lies near Exit 12 San Cataldo - Ponte Alto - Madonnina of the Modena ring road. The Jewish cemetery building of 1903 stands between the historical and the new sections, acting as a junction and a boundary. The new cemetery, inaugurated in 1987, remains unfinished.

The 25-metre concrete cone planned for funeral ceremonies, with a base diameter of 16 metres narrowing to 5.5 metres, was never built; nor was the connecting spine of 14 parallelepipeds. The red cube, 63 square windows per facade, stands alone in the courtyard.