Finding a gravesite in Bitetto/Bari

[cgruppuso]

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I have a photograph (attached) of my great-great-grandfather's grave. He was from Bitetto, Puglia though my mother's recollection was that the grave might be in Bari. I emailed the main cemetery there and they were unable to find a record for him. I've emailed various email addresses in Bitetto with no response yet. I'm going to be in Bitetto at the end of December and would like to find the grave. Does anyone have any advice on how to proceed?

[Italysearcher]

Since Italians are usually buried within 24 hours the grave is most likely in the town where he died.

[PippoM]

Have you contacted this one?

From the site of the Comune di Bitetto:

Dirigente: Dott.ssa Rosa Campanale
Referente: Dott. Arcangelo Raffaele Carbone

Indirizzo: Viale Ippolito Pindemonte
Telefono: 0809921777
Email: protocollo.bitetto@pec.egovba.it
Email: affarigenerali@comune.bitetto.ba.it (this one, specifying that the email is for the "Ufficio Cimitero")

[cgruppuso]

Thank you, Pippo. I tried the first address but now I will try the second as I didn't find that myself.

Ann, I appreciate the information. That would certainly make Bitetto more likely. I was given some information today regarding Italian cemeteries and apparently most people, unless the families had money (which mine did not) would only rent a burial plot for 10-30 years and the bodies would be exhumed and buried elsewhere in the cemetery. This leads me to believe that the monument won't exist any longer but I would hope there would still be records of the burial having taken place.

[rlw254]

https://www.antenati.san.beniculturali. ... 70/LanYgby
Giuseppe Loverro died 22 Mar 1931 in Bitetto, age 75, son of Antonio (deceased) & Domenica Giordano (deceased), widower of Pasqua Marcario

[cgruppuso]

Thank you for the death record, rlw. That's very considerate of you to find it.

[PippoM]

I was given some information today regarding Italian cemeteries and apparently most people, unless the families had money (which mine did not) would only rent a burial plot for 10-30 years and the bodies would be exhumed and buried elsewhere in the cemetery. This leads me to believe that the monument won't exist any longer but I would hope there would still be records of the burial having taken place.

I think that kind of funeral monument (the one in the picture) is kept for at least 99 years.
What you say is true if they are buried in the bare land.

[cgruppuso]

Ah, thank you, that gives me hope. I'm hoping that the monument is in Bitetto but from the photos/google maps I've seen, I'm not sure the cemetery there has the buildings seen in the background of the photo. My mother also recalled that the grave was in Bari so I may go to the main cemetery there even though I was told there was no record of the grave.

[cgruppuso]

Thanks to everyone for advice. I finally received an email from Bitetto and they said the grave is there.

[darkerhorse]

Have you sent the photo to some cemeteries for identification? They may recognize the buildling in the back.