The Florence American Cemetery, Florence
The Florence American Cemetery is about 7 ½ miles south of Florence on the west side of Via Cassia, near the Rome-Milan A1 autostrada. You can also catch a bus from the SITA bus station that will drop you off right by the cemetery gate.
The cemetery is the final resting place for 4,402 American soldiers and other military personnel, most of whom were killed in the fighting after Rome fell to the allied forces in June 1944. Besides the marked graves of the dead, the cemetery also has a memorial to the missing in action, with tablets inscribed with 1,409 names.
Except for Dec. 25 and Jan. 1, the cemetery is open between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily, including Italian holidays. A staff member is always on duty while the cemetery is open to help people locate graves and memorial sites and to answer any questions visitors may have.
Florence American Cemetery & Memorial
West Via Cassia
Florence 50144 Italy
011 (+39) 55 230 2033 (tourism office)
(Please note that if you're dialing from anywhere except the United States or Canada, the international dialing code is 00, not 011.)
http://abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/fl.php
Camposanto, Pisa
Located in the Piazza del Duomo in Pisa, the Camposanto ("Holy Field") takes its name from its soil, which a Catholic archbishop brought back by the shipload from Golgotha in the Holy Land during the Crusades. The cemetery was built in 1278 and served as the last resting place of upper-class Pisans for hundreds of years. The first building on the site was a cloister designed by Giovanni di Simone. Throughout the 14th and 15th centuries, important artists painted the walls of the Camposanto with frescoes, but almost all of the paintings were destroyed during World War II.
The buildings have since been restored, but most of the surviving paintings have been moved to the Museo delle Sinopie, which is on the site. The marble cloisters still house monuments to the dead, including some constructed from sarcophagi from the Roman period.
Camposanto
Piazza dei Miracoli
I-56100 Pisa
Italy
The Jewish Cemetery, Livorno
Encouraged by the invitations issued by the Grand Duke and King Ferdinand I, Jewish people migrated to Livorno in droves in the 17th century. According to the Virtual Jewish History Tour, between 1601 and 1689 the Jewish population in Livorno grew from 114 to 3,000. Jewish people enjoyed many privileges and protections in Livorno that they didn't have in other parts of Italy or other European nations.
Livorno has been home to three Jewish cemeteries, but only the newest one, established in 1837 in the Via Fabio Filzi, is still being used. Aside from the graves of generations of Jewish people who lived and died in the city, the cemetery also holds memorials dedicated to those who died during World War I and the Holocaust.
Jewish Cemetery
Via Fabio Filzi
VIale Ippolito Nievo
Livorno, Italy
011 (+39) 0586 410862
(Please note that if you're dialing from anywhere except the United States or Canada, the international dialing code is 00, not 011.)
