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The Government Board has awarded the construction of 352 elevated niches and 80 columbariums in the 45-B area of ​​the municipal cemetery of Our Father Jesus of Espinardo.
The cemetery of Our Father Jesus currently has about 170,000 burials, more than 800 pantheons and more than 20,000 graves, in addition to 5,000 niches and 560 columbariums.
Annually there are around 1,200 annual burials.
The works will be carried out by Tritón Multiservices with an investment of 144,167.81 euros within three months.
The municipal cemetery is neoclassical.
The main facade, from 1894, is the work of the municipal architect Pedro Celdrán.
Three years after lifting it, the first official funeral would be held.
The first cemetery had 100,000 square meters, while the current dimensions are exactly double.
A part of the current cemetery goes to Al-maqbara - Muslim cemetery.
It is built in non-blessed areas, since it was previously used as a suicide zone.
The first Muslim burial took place in 1998.
It should be remembered that in the City Council last July he requested the accession of the Municipal Cemetery Our Father Jesus to the Association of Significant Cemeteries of Europe (ASCE), composed of 140 members from 99 cities in 22 European countries.
Through this association, the history, architecture and local culture of the adhered cities is made known through different projects such as the inclusion of the European Network of Cemeteries in the agenda of the World Tourism Organization, the participation of events Europeans from ASCE, or the incorporation into the EUCEMET project (the first European Commission project dedicated to cemeteries) and to the SYMBOLS project, for the promotion of funerary heritage.
On the other hand, the City Council maintains its collaboration agreement with the Murcian Anthropology Society, in force since 2017, granting a subsidy of 5,000 euros to this institution, which will allow further development of actions that make known the ins and outs of the main Murcia graveyard.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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