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Armando Palacio Valdes

by | Jan 1, 2010 | asceAvilesEN

C-14 6 | Cemeteries are not just “art spaces” but places for remembrance, too; places that make us think of our history, to look at people and deeds that belong to our past.That is exactly what happens with the grave of Armando Palacio Valdés: it both artistic for its...

Marquess of San Juan de Nieva

by | Jan 1, 2010 | asceAvilesEN

C-11 5 | This is one of the most spectacular, popular and interesting structures in the cemetery.Armando Fernández Cueto designed the crypt and the project. He also designed several buildings in Avilés, as the “Gran Hotel” – Banesto present headquarters- in...

The municipal cemetery of La Carriona

by | Jan 1, 2010 | asceAvilesEN

Late in the XIX century, the city of Aviles was living a prosperous and intense period thanks to the maritime activitiy and the commerce with America.The first industries appeared, too. Urban sprawl overboarded the limits of the old fortified city: the new harbour in...