Les Corts Cemetery, a magnificent Modernista work from the end of the 19th century

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Les Corts cemetery

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When, in 1846, a royal order prohibited burials in parish graveyards, a municipal cemetery was constructed in the outskirts of the town of Les Corts.

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A modernista cemetery

In the Les Corts municipal cemetery, some 35,000 square metres, are around 30,000 burial places. There are tombs from various epochs, some of which include beautiful sculptures. Among the monuments and mausoleums that stand out is Pietat de bronze (Mercy in bronze) by the sculptor Josep Viladomat, and the pantheon of the Repatriats d’Ultramar [The Repatriated Dead]. In addition, there is an area for the Jewish cemetery. Both the perimeter wall and the chapel within are Modernista in style.

Famous people

In this cemetery are buried famous people including the Barça football player, Kubala, the comedian Miguel Gila, the writer Prudenci Bertrana, and the photographer Agustí Centelles.

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