Visit the Vilafranca's Heritage Graveyard

Vilafranca del Penedès
Vilafranca del Penedès Tourism Office
Open all year
  • Monday to Saturday from 9am to 6pm
  • Sundays and public holidays from 9am to 3pm
1h
Free entrance

The Vilafranca cemetery allows you to stroll through its quiet streets while admiring tombs and mausoleums, as well as the construction and ornamental elements. A visit that allows you to retrace the history of Vilafranca through one of the few collective signs in memory of the deceased.

Its construction coincides with the beginning of the romantic currents of the 19th century and contains works by renowned architects such as Santiago Güell, August Font and Antoni Pons.

The municipal cemetery of Vilafranca del Penedès is part of the ASCE, European Association of Significant Cemeteries.

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Telephone
938 181 254
Address

Carrer de Guardiola 1
08720
Spain

Town
Vilafranca del Penedès

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Museums, art and culture
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