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The ''Cementerio de San Antonio Abad'' ''()'' is a
cemetery A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...
located in Alcoy (
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. This 19th-century cemetery is considered to be one of the most interesting in the
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, due to its unusual architecture and examples of
Valencian Art Nouveau Valencian Art Nouveau ( es, modernismo valenciano, ca-valencia, modernisme valencià), is the historiographic denomination given to an art and literature movement associated with the Art Nouveau in the Valencian Community, i ...
period funerary sculpture. It is listed on the European Cemeteries Route, a cultural itinerary established by the
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Works and pantheons

The most important works of the Alcoy Cemetery are the following:Relation of works and vaults in the Alcoy Cemetery. Alcoy Tourism.
/ref> * Pantheon Gosálbez-Barceló: Academicism style. (1838). * Pantheon Viuda de Brutinel: obra de Vicente Pascual Pastor. Eclectic style. (1894). * Pantheon Jaime Tort: Obra de Jorge Vilaplana Carbonell. Eclectic style. (1895). * Pantheon José Monllor: obra de Agustín Muñoz. Neo-egyptian style. (1896). * Pantheon Moltó-Valor: work and sculpture of
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. Classicism style. (1898). * Pantheon José Semper: work of Jorge Vilaplana Carbonell. Neogothic style. (1901). * Pantheon of Agustín Gisbert: work of Vicente Pascual Pastor, José Cort Merita as engineer, Fernando Cabrera Cantó as painter and
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as sculptor. (1903). Art Nouveau style. * Pantheon Anselmo Aracil: work of Vicente Pascual Pastor, sculpture of A. Clarí and stained glass windows of Eudaldo Ramón Amigó. Historic eclectic style. (1903). * Pantheon Vicens: work of Ramón Lucini and stained glass windows of H.&J. Maumejean Hnos. Historic eclectic style. (1910). * Pantheon Vilaplana Gisbert: work of
Timoteo Briet Montaud Timoteo Briet Montaud (Cocentaina, March 3, 1859 – Alcoy, January 30, 1925) was a Spanish architect, one of the main architects of the Art Nouveau in Alcoy and the Valencian Art Nouveau. Biography In 1876 he finishes his studies in Alcoy's I ...
, (1910). Art Nouveau style. * Pantheon of Pérez Lloret family: work of Jaime Pérez Lloret, (1910). Art Nouveau style. * Pantheon of Salvador García Botí ( Escaló): work of Vicente Pascual Pastor and Eugenio Carbonell as sculptor. (1911). Art Nouveau style. * Pantheon Enrique Carbonell: work of Vicente Pascual Pastor, diseño, relieves y escultura de
Lorenzo Ridaura Gosálbez Lorenzo may refer to: People * Lorenzo (name) Places Peru * San Lorenzo Island (Peru), sometimes referred to as the island of Lorenzo United States * Lorenzo, Illinois * Lorenzo, Texas * San Lorenzo, California, formerly Lorenzo * Lorenzo State ...
y relieves de la cripta de Tomás Ferrándiz. Art Nouveau style. (1925). * Pantheon Enrique Hernández: work and sculpture of
Lorenzo Ridaura Gosálbez Lorenzo may refer to: People * Lorenzo (name) Places Peru * San Lorenzo Island (Peru), sometimes referred to as the island of Lorenzo United States * Lorenzo, Illinois * Lorenzo, Texas * San Lorenzo, California, formerly Lorenzo * Lorenzo State ...
, (1931). Art Nouveau style. * Pantheon Desiderio Mataix: work of Joaquín Aracil and stained glass windows of "Unión de Artistas Vidrieros" of Irún. (1955, but built in 1970). Racionalist style. * Pantheon Erum-Pascual: work of Cheluca Sala Palau and Mauro Matarredona. Made with Corten iron. (2009).


See also

*
Art Nouveau in Alcoy Art Nouveau in Alcoy ( es, modernismo en Alcoy, ca-valencia, modernisme en Alcoi), as one of the main focuses of the Valencian Art Nouveau, is the historiographic denomination given to an art and literature movement associated with the Ar ...


References


Bibliography

* Jaén i Urban, Gaspar (1999). Instituto de Cultura Juan Gil-Albert, Colegio Territorial de Arquitectos de Alicante, ed. Guía de arquitectura de la provincia de Alicante. p. 11. . * Doménech Romá, Jorge (2016). Urbanismo y vivienda obrera en Alcoy. Siglos XIX y XX. Publicaciones de la Universidad de Alicante. p. 328. .


External links


Alcoy Cemetery in the European Cemeteries Route

The Alcoy Cemetery in Alcoy Tourism.

"Art Nouveau sculpture in Alcoy Cemetery"
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