Located at No. 15, Carrer Garbí, the cemetary is a shining example of Mediterranean neoclassical architecture, with the characteristic triangular topped niches, whitewashed with lime. It was built in 1835 and consists of an entrance atrium, a second enclosure with many niches, and a third section with four pantheons. The chapel is the Maranges family vault. There are several graves of famous people in L'Escala, including that of the writer Caterina Albert i Paradís, Victor Catala, and the photographer Josep Esquirol. Declared a monument in 1974, it is currently part of the National Cultural Heritage.

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Me’n vaig al cementiri del meu poble (I go to the town cemetery)

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bell en sa solitud, senzill i noble (Beautiful in solitude, simple and noble)

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Tot ell parat de blanc, color de pau (All in white, the colour of peace)

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Sota el sol esplendent i un gran cel blau. (Under the brilliant sun and the wide blue sky)

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M’hi passejo tot sol pel cementiri (I walk alone through the cemetery)

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Com un escarabat per dins d’un lliri (Like a beetle inside a flower)

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I m’apar que és quelcom profanador (And it seems profane to me)

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De mos passos inquiets la lleu remor. (That my restless steps make a sound)

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El terrer, adobat amb carn humana (The earth, nourished with human flesh)

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és divís en jardins de folla ufana (is divided in gardens bursting with leaves)

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i entorn d’ells, en fileres apretats, (and around them, in tight lines,)

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els nínxols van traient llurs blancs esclats. (the niches show in flashes of white.)

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Dintre els nínxols i sota els bells jardins (WIthin the niches and under the pretty gardens)

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tinc un món enterrat de conveïns (is a buried world of fellow villagers)

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d’homes, dones, infants que he conegut (men, women and children I've known)

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i que han mort un a un sens fer traüt. (and who have died without much tragedy)

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Víctor Català