Guided Tour of La Carriona Cemetery

The Municipal Cemetery of La Carriona, in Avilés, is one of the most unique in Spain. Built by the architect Ricardo Marcos Bausá at the end of the 19th century, thanks to the prosperity of the bourgeois and Indians who lived in the region, it is the largest open-air museum in Avilés, and constitutes a very important part of the artistic and cultural heritage of the town, not only for its architectural and sculptural elements, but also for its urban planning: it is a whole city, the city of the dead.

It is the only cemetery in Asturias, member of the Association of Significant Cemeteries of Europe and belongs to the European Route of Cemeteries.

In our guided tour we will walk through its streets, main and secondary, and we will talk about art, history and memory of the city through its pantheons and the historical figures who rest in them, such as the writer Armando Palacio Valdés, the poets Marcos del Torniello and Ana de Valle or the musician Julián Orbón. There are also sports figures from Avilés: the athlete Yago Lamela and the soccer players Jesús and Enrique "Quini" Castro.