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Cemetery of Arenys de Mar

Arenys de Mar, Maresme, Barcelona

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Cemetery of Arenys de Mar

Monument · Arenys de Mar, Maresme, Barcelona

The cemetery of Arenys de Mar, also known as the cemetery of Sinera, stands facing the sea atop the Puig de la Pietat hill, to the west of the town, and is a characteristic example of Mediterranean sea cemeteries. The poet Salvador Espriu immortalised it under the name Sinera, reversing the letters of Arenys, and today he is buried there alongside the Arenys-born writers Fèlix Cucurull and Lluís Ferran de Pol. The site brings together a collection of funerary art of great interest, with Modernista tombs and mausoleums designed and carved during the first two decades of the 20th century, among them the mausoleum of Iu Bosch, the work of architect Enric Sagnier, with sculptures by renowned artists such as Josep Llimona and Venancio Vallmitjana.

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