Barcelona

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Cementiri del Sud-oest

C/Mare de Déu de Port 54-58

This enormous necropolis, perched at the side of the motorway out of town, serves as a daily reminder to commuters of their own mortality. It has housed the city’s dead since 1883, originally placing them in four sections: one for Catholics, one for Protestants, one for non-Christians and a fourth for abortions. It now stretches over the entire south-west corner of the mountain, with family tombs stacked five or six storeys high. Many, especially those belonging to the gypsy community, are a riot of colour and flowers.

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