Genoa's Most Fascinating Landmark: Monumental Cemetery Exploration

[@b-a4798]

What stunning place . Thank you for your interpretation . Very very interesting . Please keep doing this and perhaps the dates so we have an idea of Year it was done . THANK YOU

[@b-a4798]

Wish this video didn't end

[@VicStefanu]

Thank you for your wonderful comments. It took a lot of effort to create this video and I am always thankful to viewers that write back to me with suggestions, reviews, etc...

[@BEAKER6868]

this is easily one of my favorite cemeteries in the world. it cracks the top ten for me.

[@VicStefanu]

I agree, this is one of the most spectacular cemeteries in the world and I hope I get a chance to visit it, once again, in the near future... Thank you for watching my videos!

[@dorehoss5008]

I am so happy that you are doing this cemetery. This is my absolute favorite. The monuments are so incredibly beautiful. The depth of the sorrow is so breathtaking. Thank you for your interpretations, they are preeminent.

[@VicStefanu]

Thank you for your wonderful comments, I am so glad you liked this video!!

[@LL-sq8se]

The first statue gave me chills... thanks for pointing it out.. Vic..and the rest of the explanations ..were so great!!😇

[@alessio.123]

i LOVE HOW MUCH LOVE AND WORK THE ITALIANS GIVE TO PEOPLE THAT HAS DIED. WONDERFUL

[@VicStefanu]

Hello, thank you for your comments!! 👍👍👍

[@asiazuzasia5011]

I love old cemeteries(its my great hobby) I love your films and....your emotional comments :)

[@VicStefanu]

Thank you very much for your wonderful comments!

[@asiazuzasia5011]

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[@astridpaws7945]

Wonderful video. This and HighGate are my favorites... thank you Vic for posting. Your remarkable insights and well executed video makes Genoa come to life. Allows us who lives thousands of miles away get to peak on the museum if absolute magnificent beauty in the sadness of cemeteries. TY from Phoenix!

[@VicStefanu]

Hello and thank you for your wonderful comments!!! I hope to come to Phoenix soon, I want to revisit Scotsdale!

[@cherylmason5840]

😱 hi Vic thank you for sharing this beautiful architecture,memorials & monuments with us.... Genoa is so so beautiful, one day I will get to see Staglieno for myself 😍 your vlogs are absolutely fantastic I could listen to your narration of history all day so many thanks again , Chel 💕💌🇬🇧

[@VicStefanu]

Hi Cheryl and thank you for your wonderful comments!!

[@luanalegora7441]

Awesome. Thank you so much for the video.

[@VicStefanu]

Thank you!

[@carlaaparecidafranco488]

Belíssimas esculturas parabéns pelo vídeo.

[@VicStefanu]

Obrigado

[@titamartins4041]

Thank you for sharing this video! I loved the interpretations about the memorials. All so absolutely maginific. I think it's the most beautiful cemetery in the world. the first statue is really incredible! I don't know if I saw it in this video, but one of his most fascinating memorials is The Monteverde Angel or Angel of the Resurrection that guards the tomb of the Oneto family. Incredible video, Vic!

[@VicStefanu]

Hi and thank you for such wonderful comments! I am so glad that you liked this video which required lots of time and knowledge to create. Unfortunately, the Angel was covered by a whole tent and two people were busy cleaning it! Believe it or not, the work (to clean it) would last, as they told me, for two whole weeks..

[@BenjaminHealySr]

Thank you for sharing 👍🏼

[@VicStefanu]

Hello, thank you for watching my videos!!

[@4sstg]

No one expresses emotion like the italians. Everyone feels it to some degree,but the italians know how to show the human condition,and the tragedy of death.Thank you for this remarkable video.

[@VicStefanu]

Thank you for viewing my videos and for your wonderful comments!

[@rippingale100]

Marilyn Pizziferri what about The Spanish,especially Latin Americans or the Greeks?

[@celiabarker]

Yassas. I live (most of the year) about an hour’s drive from Genova and Staglieno is one of my favourite places to spend an afternoon. I’ve explored cemeteries in many countries and it is the most impressive. I would love to take a jet wash to the monuments. Thank you for your tour, very enjoyable and informative. If the Italians had more entrepreneurial spirit, they would clean it up and promote it as a destination of interest (not as a permanent one though)

[@VicStefanu]

Hi Celia, thank you for your comments. I went there twice and was fascinated by this cemetery, I spent there quite a few hours during my two visits.. Btw, you cannot wash marble with a hose, the dust needs a more scientific way in order to be removed from the marble statues and that's because it has been glued onto them.. When I was there, there was a crew of 2 people cleaning one and they told me it takes 1-2 weeks for a cost of about 5,000 Euros (!) per monument (price depends of how many statues, surface area, etc)

[@nicolesephton4038]

Hi Vic - Thankyou for your wonderful videos. I'm trying to find one you did of a cemetary with beautiful Vangelis music in the background. I thought it was the one featured in Genoa but I can't find one with the music in it. Much love from Australia 🇦🇺 ❤

[@VicStefanu]

Hi Nicole, if I remember correctly, the company that publishes the music from Vangelis complained to youtube (copyright issues) and I had to change the music and to add 'Funeral March' by Chopin..

[@nicolesephton4038]

@@VicStefanu thankyou Vic x

[@VicStefanu]

@@nicolesephton4038 👍👍👍

[@lilalila213]

Hello Vic thank you for this video, however, where's the angel of the photo of the video? I guess this angel is the most well known statue of this Place....did i miss it ?

[@VicStefanu]

Yes, this angel is in the cemetery, it is the most famous statue.. at the time I filmed the video, they were cleaning up this statue and they would not allow me to videotape it..

[@lilalila213]

@@VicStefanu thank you for replying!

[@liliammontecucco9483]

La Tierra de Mi Padre.. Ser Extraordinario Amadeo Montecucco. 🇦🇷🇮🇹🇦🇷🇮🇹🇦🇷🇮🇹🇦🇷🇮🇹

[@VicStefanu]

Hola, gracias por ver mis videos !! 👍👍👍

[@jillsmcfarland2001]

Thank you

[@Karpuffelstein]

The last group is sometimes interpreted that the older woman has actually died, and is gently guided to her tomb by the younger woman. The older woman looks a little bit hesitating, facing her entry into the afterlife but the younger woman .carefully guides her by the hand. It could explain why the tomb door is open, and why the angel is grieving, and his hourglass lying flat on the ground. It was the hourglass of the older woman's life that just finished. There are other statues in Staglieno where, actually, death is represented by a beautiful woman, rather than by the grim reaper.

[@VicStefanu]

What a beautiful interpretation, thank you! As I said in the video, most monument records are missing and as a result, each monument is open to individual interpretation, yours in the accurate one here!

[@XaviClot]

Interesting and fascinating. Do you know why they let dust cover the statues? If they were clean it'd be even more stunning... Thank you for your videos!

[@VicStefanu]

I have asked a few people about the issue of cleaning the statues. The simple answer is that it is a very expensive task plus, no one wants to pay for it..

[@MassimoNalli]

Hi, very interesting video as always. It's a pity that the majority of statues are covered with tons of dust, they should clean them from time to time. In the monumental cemetery of Bologna and Ferrara is the same. It's a shame the local government don't keep them clean as they are well advertised and many tourists visit them .Poor Italy so much treasures and many badly kept. Italy in german or swiss hands would be a jewel.....

[@VicStefanu]

Good point!

[@sangitaraomadireddy121]

థాంక్ you

[@VicStefanu]

నా వీడియోలు చూసినందుకు ధన్యవాదాలు!

[@sherrybailey7985]

Thank you sharing these beautiful works of art. I cant help but wonder how much more beautiful they could be if the years of dust were removed.

[@VicStefanu]

Hi Sherry, thank you for your comments!! I watched the experts trying to remove the dust from one of the statues and it was a very difficult task indeed..

[@VicStefanu]

@A Sojourner The problem here is that most of these monuments are not privately owned anymore and the descendants of the buried person have probably died as well, so there is no one to pay for cleaning the statues

[@CASIUSGELAEI]

Υπέροχα ταφικά μνημεία,να είσαι καλά Βικ! ;)

[@VicStefanu]

Ευχαριστω!

[@dorehoss5008]

The monument at 21:09 with the little boy off to her right crying. It seems strange to have him off to the side alone, what was that object to her left? The boy off to the side confuses me. One podium with a child all alone and the other empty except for the object. Maybe a wreath.

[@dorehoss5008]

The one after with the brother and sister. It also looks as if the door of the tomb is cracked, the mothers gown seems to be slightly still inside.

[@VicStefanu]

It is a wreath, to her left. As I tried to explain here (I may be wrong, remember that there are no records of the meaning of each monument), the wife is so grief stricken, she has forgotten about her little boy who is crying all alone..

[@sakibear4478]

The very first settlement in Nevada, possibly before it was a State, Is Genoa, Nevada USA. It is located at the base of the Majestic Sierra Nevada Mountains due East of Lake Tahoe about 4ooo' above the Town. Across the Carson Valley due East in the next mountain range is Virginia City, sitting on top of the richest discovery of Gold and Silver, The Comstock Lode. My earliest memory of a cemetery and in fact the first I ever went to was there. Its beauty lies in its lonely state of disrepair, as kids we wondered if we could even see into some of the graves> Very spooky and chilling even at noon for an eight year old. But at all times we were watched by the most beautiful statue of an Angel I have ever seen Maybe you have been there? I think you would find it a great place for a visit, plus then you would be able to say you have seen both Genoas

[@VicStefanu]

How interesting everything is that you are sharing with us here... I will be going to Nevada in 2018 and I will add that cemetery on my list, thank you!!

[@sakibear4478]

I think you will be happy that you went, The Carson Valley and the mountains that surround it contains some of my favorite places and fondest memories. I am very happy for you that you are going. If you pay a visit to the University of Nevada campus you will see my Father's name on a monument put up as a tribute to the former Presidents of the University. He was the last one before the School split into two separate campuses and separate Administrators.

[@suzannecooke2055]

Its a shame these are not cleaned. So many look like all they need is a good sweep.

[@VicStefanu]

When I was there, there was a crew cleaning a few of them.. thank you for your comments!

[@CinographFilm]

I perfectly see what you said Suzanne, but this is not actually true. Many thinks that since we re talking about a cemetery even the dirt has its meaning. This place it s not built to be a museum, it s not an exposition but a place to celebrate the bad side of our life and its fragility. I mean death it s the dirty side of life and a super clean statue couldn t gives you the proper sense of sadness and respect who perfectly explain you the purpouse of this place; We need to appreciate our lifes and live them as good as we can. Cheers from Genoa :)

[@tonygreen9708]

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[@sandor9505]

I would love to clean these monuments

[@VicStefanu]

It is a very difficult task, the dust is glued to them!!

[@williamshields2312]

Thanks Vic because of this video I got a thumbnail of a statue in the thumb nails of some pig taking a dump..GREAT!

[@VicStefanu]

I am not sure I follow your message, what exactly happened?? I am a little confused..

[@williamshields2312]

Its not you Vic its damn youtube,THEY put up some pictures in the thumb nails of some disgusting statues that I guess exist in Europe..

[@paullucas3376]

Some may be but not all .

[@VicStefanu]

Ok, thank you!!

[@marysanderson2981]

That's a shame to let them get damaged there so beautiful x

[@VicStefanu]

Last time I was there, there were repairing a few of them but the process is so slow.. Thank you for your comments!

[@marysanderson2981]

Ok I would love to visit that place it fascinates me and the art of the statues is stunning your so lucky to have visited x

[@mrgorman47]

Why is everything so dirty?

[@VicStefanu]

Hi Michael, the statues are not dirty, they are covered in dust..

[@paullucas3376]

What you don't understand is they were alive at one time rocks are flesh.

[@VicStefanu]

Ok!!

[@marysanderson2981]

Why don't they clean these monuments

[@VicStefanu]

Hi Mary, that is a good question, my guess is that is very expensive to do so and that the relatives (if known and found) are not willing to go through the huge expense of doing so..

[@paullucas3376]

Those are not statues. Lol

[@VicStefanu]

Ok, what do you think that they are?

[@MrBrownnn696]

The statue about death grabbing the woman an she's fighting reminds me of people today lmfao

[@VicStefanu]

Interesting comments, thank you!

[@paullucas3376]

The dark Staines are blood test it .

[@VicStefanu]

Not really, it is dust...

[@louispulice9360]

The statues need some cleaning

[@VicStefanu]

They are cleaning them, slowly and one at a time..

[@tonygreen9708]

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[@tonygreen9708]

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[@tonygreen9708]

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[@tonygreen9708]

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