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Cemetery Attractions In Barcelona

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Barcelona is a city in Spain. It is the capital and largest city of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within city limits, its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the Province of Barcelona and is home to around 4.8 million people, making it the sixth most populous urban area in the European Union after Paris, London, Madrid, the Ruhr area and Milan. It is one of the largest metropolises on the Mediterranean Sea, located on the coast between the mouths of the rivers Llobregat and Besòs, and bounded to the west by the Serra de Collserola mountain range, the...
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Cemetery Attractions In Barcelona

  • 1. Cemetery Of Poblenou Barcelona
    Poblenou Cemetery is located in the neighbourhood of the same name in Barcelona. It is also called East Cemetery or General Cemetery . It is located in calle de Taulat, with the main entrance at Avenida Icària. The first cemetery at this location was opened in 1775, as the state of churchyard graves inside the old city was considered insanitary. It was opened by the Bishop of Barcelona Josep Climent i Avinent as the first cemetery built outside the city's perimeter wall. After the first cemetery was destroyed by Napoleon's troops in 1813, the Italian architect Antonio Ginesi was commissioned to rebuild it, and the new site was consecrated by Bishop Pau de Sitjar i Ruata on 15 April 1819. The cemetery consists of two sections: at the front Ginesi created egalitarian terraces of burial nich...
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