The Municipal Administration announces that, in execution of the Executive Resolution of 11 May 2023, with which the procedures for the concession of private burials abandoned and declared lapsed were approved, and of the Municipal Council Resolution no. 286 of 24 April 2025, relating to the redetermination of the starting auction amounts according to the parameters established following previously unsuccessful auctions, on 2 December 2025, at 9 am and following, at the premises of the Management of the Environmental Services Department, Palazzo Weigert – Via Argentieri n. 14, public auctions will be held for the concession, for a period of 99 years, of various abandoned burial structures, located in the Gran Camposanto Monumentale and in the Suburban Cemetery of S. Filippo – ACO Area.
Structures subject to tender and related starting prices:
Funeral shrine previously registered to the “Ruggeri Antonino” family, located in the Gran Camposanto Monumentale – €35,083.11;
Funeral shrine already registered to the “Unknown” family, located in the Gran Camposanto Monumentale – €35,083.11;
Funeral shrine already registered to the “Fassari” family, located in the Gran Camposanto Monumentale – €69,292.00;
Funeral shrine previously registered to the “Bombaci-Zaccone” family, located in the Gran Camposanto Monumentale – €43,311.75;
Funeral chapel previously registered to the “Vinci” family, located in the Gran Camposanto Monumentale – €101,000.40;
Funeral chapel previously registered to the “Gugliotta” family, located in the Gran Camposanto Monumentale – €85,636.65;
Funeral chapel called “D”, located in the Suburban Cemetery of S. Filippo – ACO area – €61,435.19;
Funeral chapel previously registered to the “Salvatore Caminiti” family, located in the Gran Camposanto Monumentale – €101,789.32;
Funeral chapel called “C”, located in the Suburban Cemetery of S. Filippo – ACO area – €61,435.19;
Funeral chapel previously registered to the “Alicò Catanzaro” family, located in the Gran Camposanto Monumentale – €99,448.89.
The auctions will take place with the exclusion of bids lower than the starting price, in compliance with current legislation regarding cemetery concessions and the principles of transparency and equal treatment. The complete tender notices, containing all the information on how to participate and the documentation to be presented, can be consulted on the online Notice Board on the institutional website of the Municipality of Messina.
“The path of recovery and valorization of the city’s cemetery heritage continues – declares the Councilor for Cemeteries Massimiliano Minutoli – through an activity that combines respect for historical memory with full administrative transparency. The public auctions for abandoned burial structures represent an opportunity to restore decorum and dignity to burial places, while promoting correct management of the municipal heritage and greater usability of the spaces inside of the city cemeteries”.