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The American Friends of Italian Monumental Sculpture (AFIMS) is dedicated to assisting the City of Genoa in its efforts to preserve the art and artistic legacy of the Camposanto di Staglieno for the education and appreciation of current and future generations. Overflowing with breathtaking artwork, Camposanto di Staglieno in Genoa is one of Italy’s greatest hidden sculptural treasures. Bookmark this page to follow our restoration progress. Learn how your donation helps our mission.

Il Grifo della Città di Genova a Walter Arnold

AFIMS president Walter S Arnold gave this speech in Italian upon the presentation of the Grifo award honoring our work to preserve and promote the magnificent sculptures of Staglieno Cemetery in Genoa.
Falcone memorial

Elisa Falcone Crypt, 1893

Elisa Falcone Crypt, 1893 Thanks to a generous anonymous donor, we have restored Giovanni Scanzi’s beautiful memorial to the young Elisa Falcone. The restored Falcone marble sculpture by the sculptor Giovanni Scanzi This photograph of Giovanni Scanzi’s Falcone memorial sculpture was taken in his studio prior to installation, and first published in 1890. It was […]

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Grifo Award Speech

On Apr. 23, 2019 Genoa Mayor Mario Bucci presented the Grifo d’Oro award to AFIMS president Walter S Arnold in honor of our work to preserve and promote the magnificent sculptures of Staglieno Cemetery.  At the ceremony Mr. Arnold presented a speech explaining our work and thanking all who have supported us. The speech is […]

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Columbus presentation

Columbus Ohio lecture

AFIMS president Walter S. Arnold will be discussing the beautiful sculptures of Staglieno Cemetery this Friday, May 17, in Columbus, Ohio. Staglieno is a museum unique in the world, the greatest collection of mid 19th to mid 20th century Italian marble sculpture. Join us and learn more of our work to preserve and protect these […]

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Grifo Award

On Apr. 23, 2019 Genoa Mayor Mario Bucci presented the Grifo d’Oro award to AFIMS president Walter S Arnold in honor of our work to preserve and promote the magnificent sculptures of Staglieno Cemetery. 

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Fra Noi Magazine

Fra Noi

Fra Noi Magazine is Chicagoland\’s Italian American Voice. They published a profile on our work in 2018. It also appeared in their sister publication for Las Vegas, \”La Voce\”.

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Grifo D’Oro

The City of Genoa will be presenting the Grifo d\’Oro award to AFIMS president Walter S. Arnold in recognition of our work to preserve and promote the treasures of Staglieno Cemetery.Article in Italian from the Genova Quotidiana newspaper.

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Benetti's 1871 D'Albertis memorial

D’Albertis Tomb, 1871

We hope to restore this magnificent sculpture in 2024.  You can help preserve it with a donation today A sculpture at risk Giuseppe Benetti’s 1871 D’Albertis memorial. The surface of the marble is breaking down from pollution and the effects of weather. Rear view of the figure The virtuoso carving of the hair contributes to […]

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MBNA News

Monument Builders of North America represents the memorialists who create gravestones, headstones and monuments. In their Sept. 2017 issue they featured AFIMS and our work at Staglieno with an extensively illustrated cover story that extended across 11 pages. Click the photo to see the article.The article begins on page 18.

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Venzano Tomb, 1880

AFIMS is sponsoring the restoration of this magnificent sculpture, with work to begin in the spring of 2024. The monument to Giuseppe Venzano A figure, representing industry, sits under the symbol of commerce and inscribes the dates of the deceased Giuseppe Venzano. A detail of the Venzano monument The virtuoso carving of the figure and […]

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“... On either side, as one walks down the middle of the passage, are monuments, tombs, and sculptured figures that are exquisitely wrought and are full of grace and beauty. They are new and snowy; every outline is perfect, every feature guiltless of mutilation, flaw, or blemish; and therefore, to us these far-reaching ranks of bewitching forms are a hundred fold more lovely than the damaged and dingy statuary they have saved from the wreck of ancient art and set up in the galleries of Paris for the worship of the world.”

— Mark Twain, Innocents Abroad , 1869

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American Friends of Italian Monumental Sculpture
Working with Camposanto di Staglieno, Genoa, Italy

American Friends of Italian Monumental Sculpture is a United States based not-for-profit 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt organization, and all donations to AFIMS are fully deductible to the full extent of the law. AFIMS is dedicated to assisting the City of Genoa in its efforts to preserve the art and artistic legacy of the Camposanto di Staglieno for the education and appreciation of current and future generations.