I had a request for some photos of the grave of Henry Stisted so I visited the English cemetery to se the latest restorations. Quite a few more graves have been cleaned and the cemetery itself is looking clean and well cared for. There was a lovely old gentleman there trimming plants. His wife was enjoying a sit in the warm spring sun. He happily told me he was working ‘piano, piano’ to spruce up the grounds. He is doing a fine job.
Henry Stisted’s grave has been cleaned beautifully.
The broken tiles in front of the head stone have been replaced and it looks like new. Click here and here to see previous posts about the cemetery.
Several other graves have been cleaned, including Ouida’s.
There is still a bit of work to be done.
But the cemetery is looking good, not a bad place to rest in peace.
Bella Bagni di Lucca 
It is starting to look great. We attended last year’s ceremony to commemorate the completion of the first phase of the renovations and we were able to admire some of those tombs, Ouîda’s in particular, which is a masterpiece.
She is looking much better without the moss on her face.
I would like to be buried here when my number’s up
It looks peaceful and pretty, and excellent place to rest quietly.
In my 35 yrs of going to Bagni I have never been in , have been past hundreds of times on the road, but I will make an effort to go definitely this year. It looks well worth a visit and no doubt has some wonderful stories to tell. The weather looks great by the way , I hope it holds out as I am due to come over towards the end of April.
The weather has been great…hope it lasts.
It’s on our list of ‘things to do’, hope to see you at the weekend Debra!
I will be at Il Monaco for breakfast Saturday and Sunday.
What lovely photographs. I had not heard of the cemetery before, we are in Lucca over Easter,so it is now on the visiting list.
Thank you for highlighting the work done here.
Dee
I hope you have a great stay in Lucca and that you come up to Bagni di Lucca for a visit.
Old churchyards are a treasure.
I like to walk through reading the stories of those buried underneath.
Glad to hear they are maintaining the graves in the cemetery. They area a great insight into the history of a village.
It is interesting to wander around and read the messages on the head stones.
This looks the most pristine, almost happy place of rest I’ve ever seen. I really really like the way Italians keep their departed close to their hearts in a very public way. It lightens the dark I think.
The cemetery had become quite overgrown before the group moved in to clean it up. It is quite lovely noe.
So interesting!
It is a quaint little cemetery.
I sometimes think that grave stones and grave yards showing their age is more interesting then the bright new looks. But I am of two minds on this mind you.
I must admit that I did like some of the headstones with their mossy covering, but they look good clean too.
Interesting you can now see what shutter speed etcetera you used, I had not seen that before! Have been curious, what are those buildings directly uphill from the cemetery, could you tell me?
Thank you for another beautiful post.
The buildings in the distance are above La Villa, near Villa Ada. The buildings behind the cemetery appear to be factories.
Revisiting the cemetery to see the progress is now on my list of things to do this visit.