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Everything is ready in the Cemetery Our Father Jesus of Murcia for the celebration of All Saints Day on 1 November.
The Department of Health and Social Welfare, which runs María del Carmen Pelegrin, is responsible for maintaining the cemetery is in perfect condition to be visited by thousands of Murcia in the holiday.
The Councillor has made a visit this week to municipal facilities to monitor their status.
The cemetery of Our Lord Jesus has currently with 163,000 burials, 800 graves cemeteries and 20,000, in addition of 5,000 columbarium niches and 560.
Are held annually around at 1,100 funerals a year.
A curious fact is to refer that in 2010 there were 496 men and 538 burials of women.
A total of 77 people were burned and another 6 had more than 100 years.
The age group that recorded more deaths, for a total of 378 were people between 81 and 90 years.
The neoclassical municipal cemetery.
The main facade, 1894, by architect Pedro Celdran municipal.
Three years after the lift would be held the first official burial.
The first cemetery had 100,000 square meters, while the actual dimensions are exactly twice.
Part of the present cemetery is intended to al-maqbara-Muslim cemetery.
It is built in areas not blessed, as previously went to area suicide.
The first Muslim burial took place in 1998
Murcia, in addition to the cemetery Nuestro Padre Jesus, has 33 parish cemeteries, of which that of Lobosillo is the most senior-late nineteenth century.
Most were also designed by Celdran.
Until late 1700, the funerals were held in the parish churches in the towns, but Charles III took the cemeteries outside towns for reasons of health, which led to many conflicts with the Church.
In 1796 the cemetery was opened the door of Orihuela, which together with the La Albatalía provided services to Murcia and many burials caused by the plague.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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