Monumental pine falls, cemetery where Gramsci is buried closed

(ANSA) – ROME, NOV 13 – The Non-Catholic Cemetery for Foreigners in Rome has been closed for security reasons – where there are the tombs of the English poets John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley and Antonio Gramsci and Andrea Camilleri and Giorgio Napolitano are also buried – after one of the monumental pine trees inside the enclosure collapsed ruinously. There were no injuries because the accident occurred at night, between November 3 and 4. A team of experts are investigating the causes of the collapse and are carrying out operations to remove and secure the trees and burials involved. A complex job that we don’t know when it will be finished. To allow the reopening in the shortest possible time, at the same time guaranteeing “the best future for both the urban forest and the monuments it welcomes and surrounds”, a fundraiser has been started. “We are relieved that this accident occurred at night and that no one was involved” says the director Yvonne A. Mazurek, on behalf of the Non-Catholic Cemetery Association for Foreigners of Rome, explaining that the fallen pine tree was found after the last checks “in excellent health. It had been subjected to tensile tests about six months ago and was deemed safe. The entire urban forest, which we consider an integral and precious part of the cemetery, is subjected to an annual cycle of agronometric monitoring, pruning and treatments. phytopharmacological” Various professionals – restorers, geologists, archaeologists, art historians, photographers – are now working together with the team of tree cultivators to document and evaluate the damage and to make the area safe. “The work is extensive and complex, it is carried out in a synergistic way but requires a time which is still difficult to quantify. The families involved, who are our priority, will be contacted once the reconnaissance is concluded. We ask all visitors to understand the situation All our efforts are aimed at reopening this much loved place in the shortest time possible, trying to do so in such a way as to guarantee the best future both for the urban forest and for the monuments it welcomes and surrounds”, assures the director. Hence the appeal: “we therefore invite all those who love this corner of meditation and memory, all those who have found refuge within our walls to help us immediately to deal with this serious situation, by participating in our crowdfunding campaign : Non-Catholic Cemetery of Rome asks for your help”. (HANDLE).