Our Old English Cemetery is one of the oldest non-Catholic cemeteries in Italy.
It is called “Cinitero Inglese”, but not only Englishmen are buried here, this was a burial ground used by several non-Catholic confessions present in town at the time.
Most of the tombs are from the 19th Century, some from 18th Century and a few even from earlier times.
This is the oldest tomb from 17th Century. You can see the place is somewhat derelict and just now some volunteers are trying to remove the weeds, tracing and cleaning the old tombs.If you are interested, our friend Matteo Giunti has a great website, Leghorn Merchant Networks, with detailed informations about the works and the records of the cemetery.
See also: New English Cemetery
Old English Cemetery of Livorno: Survey and analysis (Leghorn Merchant Networks)
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