San Michele Cemetery, Venice, Italy

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San Michele Cemetery in Venice, Italy is a historic island necropolis renowned as the final resting place of notable cultural figures, including composer Igor Stravinsky.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cemetery
island cemetery
necropolis
accessibleBy boat
accessibleFrom Fondamente Nove
architect Mauro Codussi NERFINISHED
architecturalStyle Renaissance architecture
burialPlaceOf Christian Doppler
Emilio Vedova
Ezra Pound
Frederick Rolfe
Helenio Herrera
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky's wife Vera Stravinsky
Joseph Brodsky
Luigi Nono
Sergei Diaghilev
country Italy
establishedBy Napoleonic decree
hasFeature chapels
columbaria
cypress trees
family tombs
walled perimeter
hasPart Cappella Emiliana
Catholic cemetery section
Church of San Michele in Isola
Orthodox cemetery section
Protestant cemetery section
heritageDesignation historic cemetery
monumental cemetery
inception 1807
locatedBetween Murano
Venice
locatedIn Veneto
Venice
locatedInBodyOfWater Venetian Lagoon
locatedOnIsland San Michele
namedAfter Archangel Michael
linked to: Saint Michael
notableFor graves of artists and intellectuals
historic funerary architecture
island location in the Venetian Lagoon
operatedBy Comune di Venezia
primaryUse burial ground
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
usedAs city cemetery of Venice

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Igor Stravinsky burialPlace San Michele Cemetery, Venice, Italy
Christian Doppler burialPlace San Michele cemetery, Venice
linked to: San Michele Cemetery, Venice, Italy
Clara Everina Shelley burialPlace Protestant Cemetery, Venice
linked to: San Michele Cemetery, Venice, Italy
San Michele Cemetery usedAs city cemetery of Venice
linked to: San Michele Cemetery, Venice, Italy