November 04, 2024
Once a year. So much effort goes into the Capitoline tombs that just put on a party dress. And nothing more than that. However, the enthusiasm with which Ama and Campidoglio organized the campaigns for the All Saints’ Day holiday at the Verano memorial cemetery, and above the day of remembrance of the deceased, is not equal. Unlike previous years, in fact, along with the map of the historic tour of the Campo Santo, visitors were honored with a citronella bracelet complete with an inscription referring to the site of the Capitoline cemeteries. And yes, because it can be very dangerous to visit the departed. You don’t even have time to plant a flower and recite eternal rest before swarms of mosquitoes attack you. The solution, certainly more effective as well as economical, is to proceed with targeted and continuous disinfection, as municipal management forces private condominiums. But as we know, the public can do what the private sector needs to do.
It was also thought that the fine citronella bracelet provided the hawk of protection known to the workers who worked in cemeteries, ordering more than two thousand pieces, but paying a much higher price for them. To the damage – to the finances – mock the conditions in which the most important cemetery in the capital finds itself. By sweeping the main routes, putting flowers in sight, distributing leaflets and increasing the number of shuttles giving a sense of mockery, you only have to look around. Tall grass, uprooted graves, barriers that block the places and signs warning not to pass because it is dangerous. And all this in the three days only in which the spots are on the Holy Field. The rest of the year is even worse. Often there is no rain, for example, and even the paths that are polished for November 2 do not return to abandonment even too slowly. In oblivion one can say, considering the place. The neglect of worship, our Christian culture, the millennial civilization that should have taught respect for others and above all for those who are no longer here. From ancient Rome with the monumental tombs on the Regina viarum to the catacombs, our civilization is also measured – or above all – by this.
