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María Sánchez & family

by | Jan 1, 2010 | asceAvilesEN

C-16 67-68 Mausoleum This mausoleum is a clear illustration of the eclectic trends in vogue in the cemetery. María Sánchez family entrusted Marcos Bausá its design. In 1895 her husband, Juan Rodríguez from the Villalegre neighbourhood and who achieved a high...

Marquis of Teverga

by | Jan 1, 2010 | asceAvilesEN

C-9 69-70 Mausoleum Julián García San Miguel, Marquis of Teverga (1841-1911): Second marquis of Teverga. Son of a rich bussinessman who made his fortune in the American trade and whose title was awarded by Amadeo de Saboya, whom he hosted while visiting the city....

Main avenue

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The most important families of the city chose this location for their interments. It became an open air museum due to architectural and sculptural works: it is the largest open air museum in the city.The middle classes wanted their neighbours and coming generations to...

The Chapel

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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....

La Carriona Cemetery Interpretation Centre

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CICLAC According to the Ricardo Marcos Bausá’s original project an annex building is designed to house the chap and the reception. The works by Manuel Solís Solís finished in 1890. It is a building dividen in two houses at different heights, each of it with its...

The Civil Cemetery

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It was initially built as the “Catholic cemetery”. Apart from the chaplaincy, the reception, an ossuary or autopsy room, specific rooms for fetus, infants or priests, there was a litlle building -isolated from the rest- that is now used as the Municipal Service of the...