Bona Ventura

San Lorenzo · Rome

Cimitero del Verano

MonumentLocal favourite

Rome's great 19th-century cemetery beside San Lorenzo, an open-air museum of tombs from Neoclassical to Art Nouveau where Romans still visit their families. Look for the enamel portraits of the dead painted on lava by Filippo Severati.

Address
Piazzale del Verano 1, 00185 Roma
Hours
Mon-Sun 07:30-18:00 (Google hours via Wanderlog, 2026-09)
Best time to go
Morning · About 1 h
Price
Free
Price level
€

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Good to know

  • Respect funerals and family visits; photography of mourners is out of place.
  • Enter by the monumental gate on Piazzale del Verano.

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