Cementerio de Montjuic description and photos - Spain: Barcelona (Topic)

Cementerio de Montjuic description and photos - Spain: Barcelona. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Cementerio de Montjuic.

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It's hard to imagine that a trip to the cemetery can be part of an excursion program. But it turns out that anything is possible in Barcelona, when you visit which you can really be offered a tour of the cemetery. The fact is that the Montjuic cemetery is not just a cemetery. Montjuic is an incredibly beautiful place with magnificent marble sculptures, arches, terraces, beautifully planted trees and monuments of amazing architecture. The entire structure was designed by the architect Leandrom Albareda.

In Spain, it is customary to bury the deceased in concrete niches, which make up whole multi-storey ceremonial buildings. Such buildings even look like houses from afar. But besides such buildings, there are also richly decorated tombs and family crypts.

The Montjuic cemetery is huge. It occupies a part of the picturesque Montjuic mountain from the sea side and is built in the form of terraces or levels. The cemetery was opened on March 17, 1883 after the rapid growth of Barcelona and the increase in the number of its inhabitants, and today many famous people in Catalonia are buried here.

Almost all buildings in the cemetery, crypts, sculptures, monuments and monuments are made in the gothic style. A wonderful view of the sea, amazing silence and beauty of this place create a feeling of something majestic.

The Montjuic cemetery really offers excursions where you can learn a lot of historical information and facts about the lives of people buried here. Taking photos in the cemetery is officially prohibited.

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