Picture of San Michele cemetery: outside wall, church and bell tower (Venice, Italy)

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If you wonder where Venetians bury their dead, head to San Michele cemetery, an island exclusively dedicated to graves and tombstones, and a beautiful, graceful place to visit or be buried.
Although the cemetery looked completely full, it is not. Some of the areas are being cleared and prepared for new inhabitants, as the space os this cemetery is confined. One of the consequences of the lack of land is that the city for a long time did not have a real cemetery. In Napoleonic times, the early 19th century, this was changed, and the islands of San Michele and San Cristoforo were appointed the new cemetery for the city. The river separating the islands was filled up and thus one island was created around 1840. Thereafter, San Michele has been the cemetery for deceased Venetians ever since. Also for foreigners, though. There is a Greek section and an evangelical section. Walking into these, San Michele changes character, and it is easy to imagine yourself being in a small, forgotten cemetery. Grass growing high, trees scattered between the scant and tombstones covered by moss, these small spaces are the quiet corners of a quiet cemetery. The only nuisance can be the mosquitoes. Famous foreigners buried here include Serghej Diaghilev, Igor Strawinsky, and Ezra Pound.
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