Sant Gervasi Cemetery
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| established = 1853
| country = Spain
| location = Barcelona
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| type = Public
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| owner = Cementiris de Barcelona S.A.
| size = {{convert|12229|m2|acres}}
| graves = 4773
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Sant Gervasi Cemetery founded in 1853, is located in the district of Sarrià-Sant Gervasi in Barcelona, Spain. With an extension of 12,229 m², the area divided into two parts by a staircase leading to the cemetery chapel. It includes 4773 plots. Numerous sculptures and ornaments, mainly in the style of eclecticism, decorate the tombs.{{Cite web|url=http://www.significantcemeteries.org/2011/11/cemetery-of-sant-gervasi-barcelona.html|title=Cemetery of Sant Gervasi (Barcelona, Spain)|website=www.significantcemeteries.org|access-date=2018-01-01}}
Notable interments
- Xavier Montsalvatge (1912- 2002), Spanish composer
- Joan Maragall (1860-1911), Spanish Catalan poet, journalist and translator{{Cite web|url=http://www.visat.cat/traduccions-literatura-catalana/eng/autor/19/3/poetry/joan-maragall.html|title=Joan Maragall|website=www.visat.cat|access-date=2018-01-01}}
- Darío de Regoyos (1857-1913), painter
- Felip Pedrell (1841-1922), composer
- Lluís Domènech i Montaner (1850-1923), Catalan architect who was highly influential on Modernisme català
- Enric Clarasó (1857-1941), modernist Catalan sculptor
- Joan Lamote de Grignon (1872-1949), pianist, composer and orchestra director
- Josep Guinovart (1927-2007), painter
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Category:Cemeteries in Catalonia