Cementerio Municipal de Nuestro Padre Jesús - Murcia, ES
N 38° 01.409 W 001° 09.549
30S E 661576 N 4210019
Impressive cemetery with many special gravesites.
Waymark Code: WM1B9VA
Location: Región de Murcia, Spain
Date Posted: 01/02/2025
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Cementerio Municipal de Nuestro Padre Jesús
Cemetery of Our Father Jesus
The cemetery
Nuestro Padre Jesús Municipal Cemetery Our Father Jesus, located in the district of El Puntal (popularly known as the 'Cemetery of Espinardo'), currently houses 160,000 people buried. It is a true collective monument to generations of Murcians, which brings together so many people who have worked to build the Murcia we know today, including great names in culture and the arts.
List of illustrious personalities of Murcia whose remains are in the Nuestro Padre Jesús Cemetery: Hugo Agaton Dahlberg, Merchant and others, see https://cementerionpj.murcia.es/celebridades
Visiting Hours:
Winter hours: 8 am to 1 pm and 3 pm to 7 pm.
Summer hours: 8 am to 1 pm and 4 pm to 8 pm
The village/city
Murcia is a sizable city (according to Spanish average) with 450,000 inhabitants in 2018, ranking seventh in Spain. It's in southeastern Spain, inland but not far from the coast. It’s mainly a services city and an important university town. Murcia is known for its huerta (agricultural zone) and its famous products (fruits and vegetables) exported all over Spain and Europe, its folklore (mainly based around its huerta), its festivals and its several baroque churches. It's the capital of the Murcia Region, one of the seventeen autonomous communities in which Spain is divided into. The city of Murcia was founded in 831 by Abd-Al-Rahman II in the center of the Segura River valley. The remnants of this Moorish rule can be seen in the still-visible city wall, which contrasts strongly with the city's numerous churches, mainly of baroque style, on which cause is known for being "the baroque city in Levante (southeastern Spain)". Murcia city is typically Spanish but a little cosmopolitan, it is more of a peaceful place to live: lots of safe, pedestrian streets, large green areas, very kind people, and neither too quiet nor too busy. Since it's placed inland, Murcia tends to be calm during the holiday season when people move to the coast, and lively during the school year, especially since it is a university town. The most famous thing about Murcia used to be its vegetables; neighbours from Cartagena call residents of Murcia "green stomach" (but Murcianos do not like this nickname).
Info: Wikivoyage + cementerionpj.murcia.es
Translation: DeepL