Nine skeletons appear in a forgotten cemetery in Baiona - Baiona, Pontevedra, Galicia, España - News Article Locations on Waymarking.com

The archaeological team that carries out the controls of these works has managed to recover nine whole skeletons in an open ditch in front of the parish priest's house, as well as materials from the primitive cemetery, along the perimeter edge of the old Collegiate Church. Heritage technicians have visited the findings this week and have decided not to stop the works. The mortal remains of these Baionese ancestors are currently in the possession of the investigation team and will be delivered to the Church to be deposited in the municipal cemetery. That will be their final destination because it is assumed that all the corpses were buried according to the Christian rite and must continue to rest in a sacred place.
Neighborhood surpriseThese findings have caused a great surprise in the neighborhood of this area of ??the old town of the town. The tenants of the houses located in front of the parish church have just discovered that they live above an old forgotten cemetery. Many people came over last weekend to observe the mortal remains, which were covered with plastic bags. Nobody remembered that there was a cemetery there. The Gas Galicia company, which has hired one of the archaeological investigations, is keeping a lot of discretion on the matter for the moment until the works to expand its service network are definitively concluded.
The forgotten cemetery of Baiona was formerly integrated into a sacred enclosure of which the parish church and the old Sanctus Espíritu Hospital are currently preserved. The old cemetery would be located between the back of the building that today houses the municipal library and the church, a place that today is very busy because through it you can access the central nucleus of the old town of Baiona.
The remains have appeared during the excavation of a trench that measures about 25 meters in length.

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Type of publication: Newspaper When was the article reported?: 05/29/2009 Publication: La Voz de Galicia Article Url: [Web Link] Is Registration Required?: no How widespread was the article reported?: regional News Category: Editorial

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