Cementiri de Sant Gervasi

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Grave of Joan Maragall i Gorina

Cementiri de Sant Gervasi is the 1853 scale cemetery of the district Eixample in Barcelona , Spain.

The cemetery has an area of ​​12,229 m² and is divided into two parts by a staircase that leads to the cemetery chapel. It includes 4,773 graves in the form of mausoleums and niches. Numerous sculptures and ornaments, mainly in the style of eclecticism , decorate the graves. To be emphasized here is u. a. the Pantheon Cros , designed by Joan Baptista Pons i Trabal (1894).

Graves of famous people

Web links

Commons : Cementiri de Sant Gervasi  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Pablo Candel: Cinc Rutes pels cement iris de Barcelona . In: EL PAÍS . October 28, 2017 ( elpais.com [accessed December 30, 2017]).
  2. ^ Josep Maria Castellet. Retrieved December 30, 2017 .

Coordinates: 41 ° 24 ′ 41.6 "  N , 2 ° 7 ′ 35.4"  E