Certosa Monumental Cemetery

“It is Bologna’s monumental cemetery, constructed in 1801 reusing the majestic structures of the Carthusian convent built in 1334.
The Church of San Girolamo, part of the monastic complex and a treasure of 17th century Bologna painting, was fully preserved. The complex architecture recreates the idea of city, and the largest collection of neoclassical sculpture in Italy is housed in the porticoes, open galleries and halls. There are also painted tombs, a unique occurrence in European heritage. More than 200 artists (architects, painters and sculptors) worked in the city’s cemetery over a span of two centuries, helping to give it that singular charm extolled by all of its foreign visitors, including Byron and Dickens.”

from the Museums website http://www.museibologna.it/luoghi/62013/id/36069