Panteón de Félix Sáenz Calvo
The Panteón de Félix Sáenz Calvo stands in Málaga's San Miguel Cemetery, among the most historic burial grounds in Spain. A royal decree of 1787 moved burials out of the city's churches on health grounds. After a yellow fever epidemic in 1804, the cemetery opened its gates and took its first burial in 1810.
The architect Antonio Palacios and the sculptor Francisco Palma Burgos designed it between 1926 and 1933. Limestone forms the structure, and white marble carries the decorative detail. Two angels flank the entrance, holding a rose window whose centre carries a cross with the face of Christ. Inside, a stained glass window from the Maumejean house fills the space with colour. The Junta de Andalucía lists it in its catalogue of contemporary architecture.
Félix Sáenz Calvo himself was a merchant who promoted regionalist and modernist architecture in Málaga. He rests there beside his wife, Rosario Munsuri Hernaiz. Around them, the cemetery gathered mausoleums by many different architects until urban expansion closed it in 1987. The two angels still keep their post at the door.
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