The () is located in Florence, Italy, between and .
History The small cemetery was opened in 1877 when the non-Catholic communities of Florence could no longer bury their dead in the English Cemetery in . It is named after the Allori farm where it was located.
Born as a Protestant cemetery, it is now nonsectarian and hosts people of all Christian denominations, as well as other religions (including Jews and Muslims) and non-believers.
The cemetery became newsworthy in 2006 when the writer and journalist was buried there alongside her family. A stone memorial to , her companion, is also present.
Notable burials Harold Acton – British writer, Lot: LOG-I-43 William Acton – British painter, Lot: LOG-I-43 Gisela von Arnim Grimm — German fabulist and writer Thomas Ball – American sculptor, worked with Hiram Powers and William Couper Arnold Böcklin – Swiss painter, Lot: A-VII-2 Elizabeth Boott – American painter, Frank Duveneck's wife, Lot: R-III-27 Lewis Einstein - American diplomat, writer and art collector Oriana Fallaci – Italian writer, Lot: I-XV-10 Corrado Feroci (Silpa Bhirasri) – Italian sculptor, Lot: C-II-9 Larkin Goldsmith Mead – American sculptor, Lot: H-VI-11 - German-british Art and art dealer - German art historian John Louis Herbert Hinkler – Australian aviator, Lot: Q-I-23 Herbert Percy Horne – British art collector, Lot: E-V-25 Alice Keppel – British mistress of Edward VII and great-grandmother of Queen Camilla. George Keppel - British general and great-grandfather of Queen Camilla. Emily Hoggins Kossuth – Ferenc Kossuth's wife, Lot: A-VIII-1 Violet Page (Vernon Lee) – British writer Nicolas Lokhoff – Russian artist Charles Loeser – Art historian, Lot: A-X-23 Roberto Longhi – Italian art historian, Lot: N-II-9 Tjaarke Maas – Dutch artist – Italian aviator, Lot: A-VIII-13 – Italian poet, Lot: A-II-4 Sir John Pope-Hennessy – British art historian, Lot: T/A-I-13 Howard Pyle – American illustrator, painter, and author, Columbarium Leonardo Savioli – Italian architect, Lot: K-III-21 Truman Seymour – American Civil War general and watercolor artist Osbert Sitwell – British writer – German painter, Lot: I-XI-27 – Icelandic writer and singer Frederick Stibbert – Italian British art collector, A-X-25 Ernesto Michahelles (Thayaht) – Italian artist, Lot: E-V-22 Violet Trefusis – English and French writer, Lot: I-VIII-44 Reginald Turner (writer) – British writer and friend of Oscar Wilde Mary Rogers Williams – American artist (1828 – 1906) Italian lawyer and historian
Gallery
See also English Cemetery, Florence
Further reading
External links
Il registro delle persone sepolte agli Allori e al Cimitero degli Inglesi di Firenze