The most beautiful cemetery in Spain and the other winners in the unusual national graveyard contest

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Increasingly, cemeteries have become a place where their artistic, heritage and tourist value is exalted.

These are precisely the parameters analyzed by the

which does exist and is already in its seventh edition.

Organized by the

published bimonthly by Funespaña, the jury is made up of professionals from the funeral sector and specialists in art, history and the environment.

As for the

, they are the following: best cemetery, best environmental initiative, best monument, best public activity carried out in the cemetery and

, the latter chosen by popular vote.

1. Best cemetery: Municipal of Valencia

The project, the work of the architects

was inaugurated in 1807. One of the proposals for the category of best cemetery is the Patio de Columnas complex together with the artistic pantheons of the Third Left Section.

The

the former are made of soft sandstone.

In the center of this courtyard, the

was erected in 1892 , in memory of those who died from the epidemic in the city.

The

is one of the oldest areas of the cemetery.

Finally, the

in the First Section, where the group sculpture stands out in which several deceased are preparing to leave the tomb to be judged to the sound of the trumpet played by the apocalyptic angel.

In

in this category of

have been the cemeteries of Villaluenga del Rosario (Cádiz) and Archidona (Málaga).

Municipal Cemetery of Valencia.

2. Best environmental initiative: Bilbao Zerbitzuak

The Bilbao Zerbitzuak cemetery is aligned with the city's Environmental Strategy to meet the challenge of being CO2 neutral, avoiding climate change and being healthy in terms of environmental quality.

To do this, it has installed

and, shortly, it will convert the entire fleet of combustion vehicles into electric ones.

For all these reasons, the Bilbao municipal cemetery has managed to be sustainable by having a

In this way, the place obtains returns from the excess energy produced, in the event that it is not needed for its consumption.

All these environmental and sustainable measures have made it

of a cemetery in Spain.

Solar panels of the Bilbao Municipal.

3. Best monument: Municipal La Carriona (Asturias)

monument ,

by the

(2022), has been awarded in the category of best cemetery monument this year.

It is part of a global project for the recovery of

as a space for

a tribute and remembrance of the deceased and disappeared from Avilés and its region during the

It is located in the space occupied by the old La Carriona ossuary.

It is a collected place, to which you have to go expressly.

cemetery

and the third went to

(Cádiz).

Cemetery of La Carriona (Asturias).

4. Best public activity: Ballena de Castro Urdiales (Cantabria)

Among the numerous

of the Ballena de Castro Urdiales cemetery (guided tours, dramatized visits, children's cultural notebook, music and poetry recitals...), the

that have been designed to spread the architectural quality of the place stand out.

Since 2019, the Department of

has focused on creating an accessibility network for cultural and tourist information, focusing not only on signage or haptic maps, but also on making spaces more accessible, promoting

, working in the SDG objectives of social diversity, equality, right to leisure and improvement of opportunities in the territory.

In this category competed the cemeteries of

, Reus and Bilbao.

View of the Castro Urdiales cemetery.

5. The most beautiful: Os Eidos (Redondela, Galicia)

Recently rehabilitated, it is considered a historic cemetery by the

Provincial Council and aspires to enter the list of unique cemeteries in Europe.

This cemetery has 724 graves spread over

126 of those graves are in the ground.

The oldest is from 1860 and the most modern, from 1988. Currently, this cemetery no longer has the capacity to accommodate more deceased.

Os Eidos has

built in the 19th century, a time of splendor for Redondela due to international trade.

and the architects of the time designed unique proposals for each family.

The pantheons were made by stonemasons from the area and have great artistic and historical value.

The Galician cemetery of Os Eidos.

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