Cemeteries Alassio
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Photographic print. Avenue of Niches tombs and flowers at Alassio Cemetery on the Italian Rivier...
'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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