Poblenou Cemetery
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Poblenou Cemetery is located in the neighbourhood of the same name in Barcelona
. It is sometimes called Barcelona General Cemetery East (Cementerio General de Barcelona, del Este). It is located in calle de Taulat, with the main entrance at Avenida Icaria.
The first cemetery at this location was opened in 1775, as the state of churchyard graves inside the old city were 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 Sitjar on 15 April 1819.
It is formed of two sections: at the front Ginesi created egalitarian terraces of burial niches, while at the rear there is an area of individual monuments and mausolea, crafted for the aesthetic tastes and aspirations of the wealthy bourgeoisie
, merchants and manufacturers of the city.
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
. It is sometimes called Barcelona General Cemetery East (Cementerio General de Barcelona, del Este). It is located in calle de Taulat, with the main entrance at Avenida Icaria.
The first cemetery at this location was opened in 1775, as the state of churchyard graves inside the old city were considered insanitary. It was opened by the Bishop of Barcelona Josep Climent i Avinent
Josep Climent i Avinent
Josep Climent i Avinent was a Spanish bishop of Barcelona.-Life:Born at Castellon de la Plana, Valencia, he studied and afterwards professed theology at the University of Valencia, worked for several years as parish priest, and was consecrated Bishop of Barcelona in 1766; he resigned his see in...
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 Sitjar on 15 April 1819.
It is formed of two sections: at the front Ginesi created egalitarian terraces of burial niches, while at the rear there is an area of individual monuments and mausolea, crafted for the aesthetic tastes and aspirations of the wealthy bourgeoisie
Bourgeoisie
In sociology and political science, bourgeoisie describes a range of groups across history. In the Western world, between the late 18th century and the present day, the bourgeoisie is a social class "characterized by their ownership of capital and their related culture." A member of the...
, merchants and manufacturers of the city.
Notable burials
- Lola AngladaLola AngladaLola Anglada i Sarriera |Tiana]], Maresme) was a Catalan writer and illustrator.-Biography:Born to a Barcelona family with strong roots in Tiana, she studied at La Llotja de Barcelona with Joan Llaverias and Antoni Utrillo who helped Anglada get her first exposure in the Sala Parés and in the...
, illustrator. - Xavier Benguerel, author.
- Narcís OllerNarcís OllerNarcís Oller i Moragas was a Catalan author, most noted for the novels La papallona which appeared with a foreword by Émile Zola in the French translation; his most well-known work L'Escanyapobres ; and La febre d'or which is set in Barcelona during the period of promoterism.He...
, author. - Frederic Soler, "Serafí Pitarra", poet, actor and impressario.
- Narcís Monturiol i EstarriolNarcís Monturiol i EstarriolNarcís Monturiol Estarriol was a Spanish Catalan intellectual, artist and engineer. He was the inventor of the first combustion engine-driven submarine, which was propelled by an early form of air-independent propulsion....
, engineer and inventor. - Josep Anselm Clavé, musician and politician.
- Valentí Almirall i LlozerValentí Almirall i LlozerValentí Almirall i Llozer was a Catalan politician, considered one of the fathers of modern Catalan nationalism, and more specifically, of the left-winged nationalism. He was the son of shopkeepers and studied at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona, but had to leave for having criticized the...
, Catalan nationalist and politician. - Manuel Porcar, mayor of Barcelona.
- Mary Santpere, actress.
- Cassen, actor.
- Carmen Tórtola Valencia, ballerina.
- Marià de Cabanes, mayor of Barcelona.
- José Luis de Vilallonga, writer, actor and aristocrat.
- Francesco Canals Ambrós, "Santet", a young man of Barcelona of humble origin who died at age 22, to whom miracles are popularly attributed.