Cemetery

Comillas


Comillas' cemetery, around the ruined medieval parish church, was remodelled by Catalan Modernista Lluís Domènech i Montaner in 1893. It’s overlooked by a chilling white-marble statue of the exterminating angel, sword in hand, by Catalan sculptor Josep Llimona. The place has a distinctly spooky aura, especially when floodlit after dark.

Across the road behind, a footpath leads 400m to the tip of a wild headland where waves crash below.


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2. Fuente de los Tres Caños

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3. Antigua Universidad Pontificia

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4. Capricho de Gaudí

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5. Capilla-Panteón de Sobrellano

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6. Palacio de Sobrellano

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7. Playa Oyambre

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8. Playas del Rosal & de Merón

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