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VIEW I.M MONUMENTAL CEMETERY, Mil. AN. 
gift to the city of Milan of Alberto Keller in 1867. 
This was ahead of the times and his own cremation 
had to be postponed. He may be conceded to have 
been one of the first to help the cause of cremation 
by adequate means. This building is classic in de- 
sign, and has the appearance of quiet elegance, which 
with many additions to the decoration in the way 
oedestals and urns, and its surrounding garden plots 
containing numerous memorials of the same general 
character, makes its purpose unmistakable. 
At a little over half the distance from the entrance 
gates to the crematory stands a building called the 
“Ossario,” of a style of architecture to harmonize 
with the general scheme, which has large subterra- 
nean vaults and crypts for the deposit of the bones 
of the departed, and which also contains spaces for 
inscriptions of deceased from other cemeteries. 
The cemetery, which is quite level, is as is usual 
in some foreign cemeteries, enclosed by a high wall 
which renders its seclusion positive. In general it 
is laid out in the Italian garden style, rectangular 
with an occasional circle. A main avenue passes 
from the entrance through the Ossario to the crema- 
tory at the extreme end. Between the “ Ossario” and 
the crematory is a portion which in relation to the 
other part is laid out on a diamond plan, and this 
part bears the title of the Necropolis. This section 
of the cemetery is remarkable for its mausoleums. 
and such architectural memorials, which in number 
and variety afford an excellent field for studies in 
design and arrangement. 
It would be impossible in a limited way to de- 
scribe in detail the statuary which in profusion mem- 
orializes the dead in the Monumental Cemetery of 
Milan. The greatest sculptors of Italy have contrib- 
uted to the display, and they have had, moreover, 
some of Italy’s greatest sons for whom to create me- 
morials. As was previously mentioned no duplicates 
are permitted and sketches and photographs are 
prohibited under penalty, so that the illustrations 
will show how great must be the variety in design 
and what latitude has been allowed the artist. Some 
of the work is par excellence great, and attracts at- 
tention. Mortuary statuary in Italy has a spirit 
of its own. The national characteristic tempera- 
ment infuses into the Italian sculptor’s work a spirit 
not to be met with in other cemeteries. 
Returning to the Crematory, which externally is 
a beautiful structure, in its interior arrangements 
it is bare and comfortless to a great degree, but 
this condition of contrast in the Latin countries is 
frequently met with in other than cemetery matters. 
The waiting room is cell-like with a few chairs 
standing round for mourners, who may be of all 
creeds or classes. At the end of this room is the 
furnace. In another room are vases for the recep- 
