Thursday, December 21, 2006

INFORMATION HIGHWAY TO FLORENCE'S 'ENGLISH' CEMETERY

Do you remember we used to call the Web, the World Wide Web, the 'Information Highway'? These are the signposts to the web essays on Florence's English Cemetery. Click on the URLs beneath the pictures to learn more:


Tomb of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
http://www.florin.ms/ebbflor1.html
http://www.florin.ms/ebbdeath.html


Biblioteca e Bottega Fioretta Mazzei
http://www.umilta.net/biblioteca.html


Arnolfo di Cambio's stemma for Florence from the Porta a'Pinti
http://www.florin.ms/prontintervento.html


Amalia Ciardi DuPrè, Beatrice and Dante


http://www.florin.ms/ceramic.html


http://www.florin.ms/landscape.html


http://www.florin.ms/cimitero.html

LA CITTA` E IL LIBRO III
ELOQUENZA SILENZIOSA:
VOCI DEL RICORDO INCISE NEL
CIMITERO 'DEGLI INGLESI',
CONVEGNO INTERNAZIONALE
3-5 GIUGNO 2004

THE CITY AND THE BOOK III
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
'MARBLE SILENCE, WORDS ON STONE:
FLORENCE'S' ENGLISH CEMETERY',
GABINETTO VIEUSSEUX AND
'ENGLISH CEMETERY', FLORENCE
3-4 JUNE 2004
http://www.florin.ms/gimel.html


Odoardo Fantacchiotti
http://www.florin.ms/sculptors.html


Motivi egizi nel Cimitero 'degli Inglesi'/ Egyptian Motives in the English Cemetery
http://www.florin.ms/egyptian.html

We are now at 1317 signatures on the web at http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/471134975,
'That the Swiss-owned, so-called 'English' Cemetery in Florence be kept open, be restored and be declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site', and with 1970 signatures in-house from our visitors, for a total of 3287 signatures. We have decided to keep them coming.

If you wish to donate to the Aureo Anello Association for the restoration of the 'English' Cemetery you can do so by a cheque made out to 'Aureo Anello' and posted to 'English' Cemetery, Piazzale Donatello 38, 50132 Florence, Italy; or through the Pay Pal 'Donate' button below, which can also be used for the CDs, hand-bound limited edition books and sculptures of Elizabeth and Robert's 'Clasped Hands':












Sincerely,
Julia Bolton Holloway
Aureo Anello Association for the Library and Cemetery
Piazzale Donatello, 38
50132 FIRENZE, ITALY