Old Seamen Cemetery, L'Escala

It is the Old Cemetery of l'Escala, also called Seamen or White. It's a neoclassical building clearly inspired in the Mediterranean spirit and created approximately in 1837 to house the large number of bodies of large epidemics of cholera and malaria that occurred in that time. It is structured in three parts: access atrium, niches along streets and other group of niches surrounding a garden area. Ask Tourist Office of l'Escala on visiting hours.

Old Seamen Cemetery Photos

Nínxol al Cementiri Mariner de l'Escala

Old Seamen Cemetery l'Escala, Costa Brava

Cimetière Marin de l'Escala, Costa Brava

Estatua del Cementerio Marino de l'Escala, s.XIX, Costa Brava

Cementerio Marino de l'Escala, Costa Brava

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