Monturque se convierte en un referente del turismo de cementerios - Córdoba, Andalucía, España
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N 37° 28.413 W 004° 34.772
30S E 360331 N 4148578
Cultural visits in this Cemetery.
Waymark Code: WM184YN
Location: Andalucía, Spain
Date Posted: 05/31/2023
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In the town of Monturque, in the Campiña Sur Cordoba , which celebrates these days its traditional festival "Mundamortis", a unique event that has become a benchmark for cemetery tourism. Not only on these dates, but throughout the year.
The Cordoba town of Monturque once again takes center stage these days around its cemetery . More than 2,000 people are participating these days, in visits organized within the Mundamortis program, activities based on necrotourism. A peculiar cemetery, from inside you have access to the Roman Cisterns, located partly under its subsoil. It is the only cemetery in Spain that contains within it an archaeological zone declared an Asset of Cultural Interest. Monturque doubles its population these days.
For visitors, it is a different cemetery , with lots of light, without graves on the ground.
Mundamortis is celebrating its eleventh edition and every year it renews its activities around necrotourism . The program includes, in addition to the guided and dramatized tours, a porridge contest and another of epitaphs.
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