Cemeteries Alassio
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Photographic print. A grand gateway entrance to a villa titled Giardini di Boboli in Beaulieu-Sur...
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Photographic print. Statue of a girl holding a wreath posy against a cross with Lilies at Laigueg...
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Photographic print. Columbaium plaques with Lilacs & Lanterns in the white chapel of Laiguegl...
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Photographic print. Columbarium Niches with Lilacs & Lantern photographed in the chapel at La...
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Photographic print. Columbarium wall with Lilacs & Lantern in the white chapel at Laigueglia ...
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Photographic print. Niches wall and two orange seats inside the chapel of Laigueglia Cemetery, It...
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Photographic print. A simple peaceful white chapel interior and two orange seats at Laigueglia Ce...
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Photographic Print. Seats at wall of niche plaques and occulo in Laigueglia Chapel Cemetery. Ital...
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Photographic print. Three lights and an oculo surround the cross and altar in the white chapel at...
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Photographic print. Chapel Altar and Two Lights in Laigueglia Cemetery on the Riviera di Ponente,...
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Photographic print. An oculo and chandelier above the marble altar in the white chapel of Laigueg...
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Photographic print. Staircase ascending with beautiful light on Niche tomb plaques at Alassio Cem...
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Photographic print. Staircases at the arcade burial wall of niches in Alassio Cemetery on the Ita...
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Photographic print. A staircase, orange and peach Roses at a wall of tomb plaques in Alassio Ceme...
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Photographic print. A staircase and yellow Roses at a Columbarium under the stone arcade at Alass...
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Photographic print. This avenue of Niches is at Alassio Cemetery in the Province of Savona, Italy...
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Photographic print. Avenue of burial wall Niches at Alassio Cemetery, Savona, on the coast of Lig...
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Photographic print. Avenue of Niches burial tomb plaques with faded flowers at Alassio Cemetery, ...
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Photographic print. Avenue of Niche tombs and flowers at Alassio Cemetery on the Italian Riviera,...
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Photographic Print. A Columbarium burial wall of niches in Laigueglia Chapel Cemetery. Italian Ri...
'That it still opens its doors four afternoons a week 136 years after it was founded is largely the work of one remarkably dedicated woman - Jacqueline Rosadoni. Born Jacqueline Poole in London, she came to Alassio almost by accident in 1959. She was 19 and stopping off briefly before going to Florence. But she fell in love with a local plumber: they married and they've been here ever since. She tells me she hasn't been back to England for 35 years. Jacqueline unlocks the heavy doors and we enter the quiet of a building constructed as an art gallery but which resembles a small Edwardian church. The walls are covered with shelves and there are aisles of books - some 18,000 of them, carefully arranged by subject and available for loan. Rosadoni's stay in Alassio has lasted 55 years so far. "It was supposed to be just a few days but it became my life. How can you tell how things will turn out?" she says.'
In 1875 two Scottish noblemen, George Henderson Gibb and General William Montagu Scott McMurdo, were the first British people to spend an entire winter in Alassio along with their families. In 1880 the McMurdo family began work on Villa della Pergola including a dome clad in majolica from Albisola, an array of marbles and a fountain near the grand staircase. It had various terraced levels, following the natural contours of the hill and they planted Palms and Cypresses amongst the olive and orange groves. In 1922 it was sold to the Hanbury family who planted species from the Mortola botanical garden, significantly increasing the variety of exotic plants at the Villa. Daniel Hanbury was the chief architect of Alassio as a successful winter health resort. The Hanburys left in 1940 but in 1946 returned to resume work interrupted by the war but Daniel died suddenly in 1948. His wife remained with a smaller town community of 'Anglo-Alassians'. In the luxury 12 room hotel the gardens are renowned for their abundance of exotic and Mediterranean trees and flowers and are open Saturdays and Sundays March to October. All visitors have access to the bar and restaurant at Villa della Pergola at Via Privata Montagu 9/1.907
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