Poblenou Cemetery (Cementerio de Pueblo Nuevo in Spanish, Cementiri de Poblenou in

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) is located in the neighbourhood of the same name in

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. It is also called East Cemetery (Cementiri de l'Est) or General Cemetery (Cementiri General). It is located in calle de Taulat, with the main entrance at Avenida Icària. The first cemetery at this location was built in 1775, located outside the city's perimeter wall, as the state of churchyard graves inside the old city was considered unsanitary. After the first cemetery was destroyed by

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's troops in 1813, the Italian architect was commissioned to rebuild it, and the new site was reconsecrated by Bishop Pau de Sitjar i Ruata on 15 April 1819. It was formally opened in 1898 by the Bishop of Barcelona Josep Climent i Avinent. The cemetery consists of two large sections: at the front Ginesi created egalitarian terraces of burial niches, while at the rear there is an area of individual monuments and

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, crafted for the aesthetic tastes and aspirations of the wealthy

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, merchants and manufacturers of the city. A third, narrow section along the South wall mixes niches, monuments and common graves. The sculpture above the grave of Josep Llaudet Soler is often cited as Poblenou's best-known monument. Known as The Kiss of Death (El petó de la mort in Catalan or El beso de la muerte in Spanish), the work dates to 1930 and depicts a winged skeleton kissing the cheek of a young man's apparently lifeless body. The name of the artist Jaume Barba is carved into the base, though some believe the work is the idea of Joan Fontbernat.

Notable burials

* Valentí Almirall i Llozer, Catalan nationalist and politician *

Lola Anglada Dolors Anglada i Sarriera (; 1893, in Barcelona – 1984, in Tiana, Province of Barcelona), commonly known as ''Lola Anglada'', was a Spanish writer, comics artist and illustrator. Biography Born to a Barcelona family with strong roots in Ti ...

, illustrator * , author * , "Santet", a young man of Barcelona of humble origin who died at age 22, to whom miracles are popularly attributed * , musician and politician * , mayor of Barcelona *

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, writer, actor and aristocrat *

Josep Llimona i Bruguera Josep Llimona i Bruguera (; 8 April 1864, in Barcelona – 27 February 1934) was a Spanish sculptor. His first works were academic, but after a stay in Paris, influenced by Auguste Rodin, his style drew closer to ''modernisme''. He was very proli ...

, sculptor * Miguel Llobet, classical guitarist * Narcís Oller, author * , mayor of Barcelona * Ramon Reventós i Farrarons, architect * Jordi Sabater i Pi, ecologist and primatologist *

Mary Santpere Mary Santpere (1913–1992) was a Spanish film and TV actress.Comas p.89 Selected filmography * ''Gentleman Thief'' (1944) * ''Unexpected Conflict'' (1948) * '' Eleven Pairs of Boots'' (1954) * '' The Fan'' (1958) * ''La banda de los tres crisa ...

, actress * (Cassen), actor *

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, ballerina

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Cementiris de Barcelona S.A.

The Poblenou Cemetery Route
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