It is hard to imagine that the trip to the cemetery can be a part of the excursion program. But it turns out that everything is possible in Barcelona, visiting which you can really offer an excursion to the cemetery. The fact that the cemetery of montjuïc is not just a cemetery. Montjuic is an incredibly beautiful place with a magnificent marble sculptures, arches, terraces, beautifully planted with trees and amazing monuments of architecture. All this construction was designed by architect Leandro of Albareda.
In Spain it is customary to bury the deceased in a concrete niches that make up entire multi-floor ceremonial buildings. Such buildings were something even from afar looks like a house. But in addition to these buildings there is also richly decorated tombs and family vaults.
Cemetery the montjuïc is huge. It is part of the scenic Montjuic from the sea and built in the form of terraces or levels. The cemetery was opened on 17 March 1883, after a rapid expansion of Barcelona and the increase in the number of its inhabitants, and today here are buried many famous Catalan people.
Almost all the buildings in the cemetery, tombs, sculptures, monuments and memorials built in the Gothic style. Beautiful views of the sea, wonderful silence and beauty of this place creates a sense of something majestic.
At the cemetery the montjuïc really guided tours where you can learn a lot of historical information and facts about the life of the people buried here. Pursue photography in the cemetery officially banned.
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