San Pietro in Vincoli
In Italy, San Pietro in Vincoli is an eighteenth-century cemetery built outside the city walls. Stone walls, a low portico, and a grassy courtyard frame the former burial ground.
Burials moved from churches to these grounds after a royal decision in 1777. From 1829, the cemetery received the remains of executed people, changing its purpose. A nearby arsenal explosion damaged the grounds in 1852, followed by neglect, vandalism, and profanations. Radical restoration began across the neglected site in 1988. The former chapel gained a redesigned interior and a neo-Baroque façade completed in 1914.
Today, the deconsecrated church and portico shelter a creative workshop for live performance. AMA Factory and Labperm co-manage spaces for theatre, artistic residencies, workshops, festivals, and neighbourhood events. Old tombstones stand beside stage equipment beneath the portico. Stone scars, timber structures, and contemporary lights keep the cemetery’s layered history visible.
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