Staglieno Cemetery Pantheon, Neoclassical funerary monument in Staglieno district, Genoa, Italy.
Staglieno Cemetery Pantheon is a neoclassical funerary monument with a large dome and marble columns modeled after Rome's ancient Pantheon. The structure contains multiple burial chambers and sculptures arranged in circular tiers within its walls.
The Pantheon was part of the cemetery's original plans. Giovanni Battista Resasco built it by reworking the earlier design of Carlo Barabino, drawing on the Pantheon in Rome. The two cemetery architects, Barabino and Resasco, are themselves buried inside.
The Pantheon is also called the Chapel of the Suffrages, and like the famedio structures of Rome and Paris it serves as a hall of fame. The 78 floor loculi receive notable figures buried by municipal decree, among them the cemetery's own architects Carlo Barabino and Giovanni Battista Resasco.
The monument sits at the center of the cemetery and is easily reached from the main entrance, with early morning or late afternoon being the best times to visit. Sturdy footwear is recommended since paths lead across the extended grounds.
The Pantheon also bears the name Famedio, like its counterparts in Rome and Paris, because the 78 floor loculi receive notable figures buried by municipal decree. Among them lie Carlo Barabino and Giovanni Battista Resasco, the two architects of the cemetery itself, so the building holds the men who designed the ground around it.
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