Fossar de la Pedrera
The Fossar de la Pedrera is located on Montjuïc hill in the Sants-Montjuïc district of Barcelona. Forming part of the Montjuïc Cemetery, it was used as a mass grave for 4,000 victims of Spain's White Terror.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Isaac Bordas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Memorial
- Description: Memorial in Barcelona
- Also known as: “El Fossar de la Pedrera”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Castell de Port and Montjuic Cemetery.
Montjuic Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Emily Prachthauser, CC BY 2.0.
Montjuïc Cemetery, known in Catalan as Cementiri del Sud-oest or Cementiri de Montjuïc, is located on one of the rocky slopes of Montjuïc hill in Barcelona. Montjuic Cemetery is situated 430 metres east of Fossar de la Pedrera.
Olympic Stadium Lluís Companys
Stadium
Photo: Amadalvarez, CC BY 3.0.
Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium, also known as Estadio Olímpico Lluís Companys, formerly known as the Estadi de Montjuïc and Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc and also known in English as the Barcelona Olympic Stadium, is a stadium in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Olympic Stadium Lluís Companys is situated 1¼ km northeast of Fossar de la Pedrera.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include La Marina del Prat Vermell and La Marina de Port.
La Marina del Prat Vermell
Neighborhood
Photo: Jordiferrer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
La Marina del Prat Vermell is a neighborhood in the Sants-Montjuïc district of Barcelona, Catalonia. The name comes from fields that occupied this area of low part of la Marina de Sants.
La Marina de Port
Neighborhood
Photo: Jordiferrer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
La Marina de Port is a neighborhood in the Sants-Montjuïc district of Barcelona, Catalonia, and is one of the two parts of la Marina de Sants. It lies between the districts of la Bordeta, la Marina del Prat Vermell.
Sants-Montjuïc
Sants-Montjuïc is a district in the southwest of Barcelona. Many of its attractions focus on the Parc de Montjuïc, which has museums, a castle, Olympic facilities and some great views overlooking the city.
Fossar de la Pedrera
- Categories: tomb, mausoleum, cemetery, and historic site
- Location: Sants-Montjuïc, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Eastern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
41.3559° or 41° 21′ 21″ northLongitude
2.1485° or 2° 8′ 55″ eastOpen location code
8FH4944X+9COpenStreetMap ID
way 173829472OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q11922662
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Fossar de la Pedrera” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Fossar de la Pedrera”
- French: “Fossar de la Pedrera”
- Galician: “Fossar de la Pedrera”
- German: “Fossar de la Pedrera”
- Italian: “Fossar de la Pedrera”
- Russian: “кладбище де ла Педрера”
- Spanish: “cementerio de la Pedrera”
- Spanish: “Fossar de la Pedrera”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mercadillo de Zona Franca and Institut Montjuïc.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fossar de la Pedrera”. Photo: Isaac Bordas, CC BY-SA 2.0.