• Verbania: D4 … Pallanza Cemetery

    August 3 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 75 °F

    We decided to stay local today.

    As we were leaving, Mui said he wanted to drive by what looked like a memorial gate he’d seen from a distance. So, we made a detour to check it out.

    Turns out that what he had seen was the entrance to the Pallanza Cemetery. We decided to go in and take a look at some of the monumental family graves decorated with life-size statues. One of the most interesting was a grave that featured a statue of Christ in a niche that included pagan Egyptian symbols carved into the surrounding rock wall.Read more