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Cimitero dei Protestanti Review
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Cimitero dei Protestanti
- Address: Piazzale Donatello 38, Santa Croce, Florence | Map It
- Phone: 055/582608
- Category: Cemeteries
- Location: Santa Croce
Fodor's Review:
Formally known as the Protestant Cemetery but more familiarly known as the Cimitero degli Inglesi, or English Cemetery, this final resting place for some 1,400 souls was designed in 1828 by Carlo Reishammer for the Swiss community in Florence. Just outside Florence's 14th-century walls (no longer visible), the cemetery grew to accommodate other foreigners (in other words, Protestants) living here. Perhaps its most famous permanent resident is Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1809-61), who spent the last 15 years of her life in the city. Other expats, including Arthur Clough, Walter Savage Landor, Frances Trollope (mother of Anthony), and the American preacher Theodore Parker are buried in this cemetery, also referred to as the "Island of the Dead." (Swiss painter Arnold Böcklin [1827-1901 used the cemetery as inspiration for his haunting painting Island of the Dead.)
- Cost: Free; suggested EUR 3 per person for large groups
- Open: Nov.-Mar., Mon. 9-noon, Tues.-Fri. 3-5; Apr.-Sept., Mon. 9-noon, Tues.-Fri. 3-6
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