The chapel is definitely one of the most important elements within the cemetery. Given the historical period, late XIX century, there had compulsory to be a chapel in the “Catholic Cemetery of Aviles”.
It was Ricardo Marcos Bausá who designed it and opened in 1891. Bonifacio Gutiérrez Bayón and Juan Martín, who also worked in the Parque del Muelle bandstand, carried out the works which lasted two years.
Greek cross plan chapel; one of its naves is terminated in a polygonal apse and the other in the entrance with a small staircase from which the gateway can be seen. It is a clear example of neo-Romanesque style: round arches, oculi, etc., simple and austere, as the rest of the common elements at the cemetery, in contrast with the motley and overelaborated style of many hypogeums, tombs and vaults around the chapel.
It is located in the core of the cemetery, a prominent place, in the middle of the main avenue, where the richest and most powerful families of the city were buried. Basusá also used the chapel to distribute around it the avenues running crossways and diagonally which contributes to distribute the interments socially.
