The tomb of David Franco is the oldest in the Cemetery of Via delle Vigne.

Epitaph of David Franco d. 18 Elul 5309, 21 September 1549

"This is the sepulchral stone / of the pious, humble and esteemed / Mr David Franco, son of the honoured Mr / Yehudah Franco, the memory of the just be in blessing, / died Thursday 18 month of Elul / 309 of minor count. May his soul be united in the bond of life."

The stele of Mordekai Shalom Pesaro and his wife Zutila is double, consisting of a single stone with two semicircular upper crowns with some ornaments.

Epitaph of Mordekai Shalom Pesaro d. 26 of Tisri 5564, 12 October 1803 and of his wife Zutila d. 7 of Av 576, 1 August 1816

“Here is buried a strong man in justice

with great splendour, like Mordekai,

he pursued Peace and strengthened the breaches

great were his wisdom and doctrine

and how Hezekiah illustrated the engraving

of the Pesaro family, he rose

his good spirit, which now dwells in heaven,

on the 26^th of Tishri in the year 5564.

O assembly of Israel, to his wife Istila

her beauty and perfection have fallen away,

and so Mrs Zutila has passed away

for her good works her soul freed

God, who called her and separated her from the world

on the 7^th of Av 576 her lot was drawn,

the fruit of her hand made her perfect

for now her soul has been quickened.”

Originally from Mantua, he was rabbi of Ferrara. In the upper part of the marble tombstone, affixed to one of the walls that delimit the sections of the cemetery, are carved the tablets of the law and inside them in Hebrew the ten commandments in abbreviated form.

Epitaph of Yosef Hayym Immanuel Yare d. 13 Kislew 5676, 20 November 1915

“On the night of the day on which God rested / 13 of the month of Kislew of the year 5676 / was called the honoured, excellent, wise master our Rabbi / Yosef Hayym Immanuel Yare, / native of Mantua, / who for 35 years / served in holiness in the holy Jewish community of Ferrara. / He was a father and a neighbour for the poor, / and he spent his energies and his thoughts / to found a shelter for the sick in our city. / Of great intelligence, he investigated and did research in the literature of our holy language / and earned great fame in his generation. / The leaders of our community with perpetual memory / erected”.