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Camposanto Vecchio di Borgonovo Val Tidone

Borgonovo Val Tidone, Provincia di Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy – *No GPS coordinates

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The plague of 1630, immortalized by Alessandro Manzoni in his novel "The Betrothed" (I Promessi Sposi), set in Lombardy, left some 20,000 victims in Piacenza alone. Most of the Borgonovo Val Tidone victims were buried in a field outside Porta Sant'Antonio. Some years later, the Comune tried unsuccessfully to sell these lands, but naturally, none were interested in acquiring them. However, in 1639, the Brotherhood of the Virgin Mary of All Souls bought the area and built there an Oratory in that wet and desolate land. Completed the following year, not long after, due to the poor conditions of the soil, the building collapsed. The Brotherhood had it rebuilt and between 1735 and 1736, gathered the remains of the dead in a small cemetery built for this purpose adjacent to the Oratory.
The plague of 1630, immortalized by Alessandro Manzoni in his novel "The Betrothed" (I Promessi Sposi), set in Lombardy, left some 20,000 victims in Piacenza alone. Most of the Borgonovo Val Tidone victims were buried in a field outside Porta Sant'Antonio. Some years later, the Comune tried unsuccessfully to sell these lands, but naturally, none were interested in acquiring them. However, in 1639, the Brotherhood of the Virgin Mary of All Souls bought the area and built there an Oratory in that wet and desolate land. Completed the following year, not long after, due to the poor conditions of the soil, the building collapsed. The Brotherhood had it rebuilt and between 1735 and 1736, gathered the remains of the dead in a small cemetery built for this purpose adjacent to the Oratory.

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  • Added: 13 Jun 2013
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2500360