Florence, Italiy: Tomb Of Carlo Lorenzini, Author Of Pinocchio Editorial Image

Carlo Lorenzini (24 November 1826 – 26 October 1890), better known by the pen name Carlo Collodi, was an Italian author and journalist. In 1880, he began writing Storia di un burattino (Story of a Marionette), also called Le avventure di Pinocchio, which was published weekly in Giornale per i bambini. Pinocchio was adapted into a 1940 film by Disney that is considered to be one of Disney's greatest films.Collodi died in Florence at the age of 63 and is interred at Cimitero Monumentale Delle Porte Sante - Cemetery of the Holy Doors - in Florence, where this photo was taken.