Cemetery sights in Barcelona
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Cementiri del Sud-Oest
On the hill south of the Anella Olímpica you can see the top of a huge cemetery, the Cementiri del Sud-Oest, which extends right down the south side of the hill. It was opened in 1883 and is an odd combination of elaborate architect-designed tombs for rich families and small niches for the rest. It contains the graves of numerous Catalan artists and politicians, including Joan Miró, Carmen Amaya (the flamenco star from La Barceloneta) and Lluís Companys (a Nationalist president of Catalonia, who was executed by Franco’s henchmen in the nearby Montjuïc castle in 1940).
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Roman Tombs
Along Carrer de la Canuda, a block east of the top end of La Rambla, is a sunken garden where a series of Roman tombs lie exposed. The burial ground stretches along either side of the road leading northwest out of Barcelona’s Roman predecessor, Barcino.
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Roman Cemetery
On a quiet square that once lay on a road leading out of Roman Barcino, this site features a series of intact Roman tombs lined up on the spot where they were found when they were excavated.
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