{"id":1324,"date":"2016-09-24T22:51:58","date_gmt":"2016-09-24T20:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2016.benimacletconta.com\/cementerio-2\/?lang=en"},"modified":"2016-12-01T12:23:08","modified_gmt":"2016-12-01T11:23:08","slug":"cementerio-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/en\/cementerio-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cemetery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_half-b75c891232f39d01a8d00e2a0e674074\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_half-b75c891232f39d01a8d00e2a0e674074{\nborder-width:1px;\nborder-color:#83a846;\nborder-style:solid;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:20px 20px 20px 20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-av_one_half-b75c891232f39d01a8d00e2a0e674074 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div '   ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-0366cc7376be6c9e82a3e9cc8987b64f'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3>The Cemetery<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-0366cc7376be6c9e82a3e9cc8987b64f'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Date:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Address:\u00a0 calles que lo delimitaban eran las de la Congregaci\u00f3n Xaboners y un peque\u00f1o callizo que lo circundaba terminando en una plaza en la que desembocaba la calle Altar de San Vicente. Hoy esas calles han cambiado y vienen a ser Bonarie, Conde Montorn\u00e9s, Mar, etc<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Architects:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_half-9c1d454dc06f7247226bc4e8f931daae\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_half-9c1d454dc06f7247226bc4e8f931daae{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-av_one_half-9c1d454dc06f7247226bc4e8f931daae av_one_half  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_hr  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding '   ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_image-45c5b822006fa4035186d0dbb4aaa8b2\">\n.avia-image-container.av-av_image-45c5b822006fa4035186d0dbb4aaa8b2 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\nfont-size:11px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-av_image-45c5b822006fa4035186d0dbb4aaa8b2 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-4  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><a href=\"http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Cementerio-BenimacletConta-1024x768.jpg\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Cementerio-BenimacletConta-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Cementerio-BenimacletConta-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Cementerio-BenimacletConta-100x75.jpg 100w, http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Cementerio-BenimacletConta-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Cementerio-BenimacletConta-200x150.jpg 200w, http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Cementerio-BenimacletConta-450x337.jpg 450w, http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Cementerio-BenimacletConta-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Cementerio-BenimacletConta-900x675.jpg 900w, http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Cementerio-BenimacletConta.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" class='avia_image' ><img class='wp-image-2955 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-2955 avia_image' src=\"http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Cementerio-BenimacletConta-1024x768.jpg\" alt='' title='Cementerio - 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This cemetery was known as the Benimaclet Graveyard (<em>Fosar de Benimaclet<\/em>).<\/p>\n<div class=\"exp-col-content-holder\">\n<p><a class=\"expand-cnt-link\" href=\"http:\/\/2016.benimacletconta.com\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=1322&amp;action=edit&amp;lang=es#\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"hidden-content\">\n<p class=\"hiddenContentp\">The dead were taken there by cart or carried on shoulders. There was a set itinerary along the old Benimaclet road (<em>Camino Viejo de Benimaclet<\/em>), entering the city by way of the bridge <em>Puente del Real<\/em>, and on the other side the procession would continue across the open space called Preachers\u00b4 Square, on to the <em>Xufa<\/em> Street, where the graveyard was situated. The other streets around it were <em>Congregaci\u00f3n Xaboners<\/em> and <em>Altar de San Vicente<\/em>. Today, these streets have new names: <em>Bonaire, Conde Montorn\u00e9s, Mar,<\/em> etc.<\/p>\n<p>When the new parish of Benimaclet got its own cemetery, the graveyard was donated to the parish of Santo Tom\u00e1s.<\/p>\n<p><em>In Benimaclet<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The new cemetery was built near the parish church, in what today are the <em>Nuestra Se\u00f1ora de la Asunci\u00f3n<\/em> and <em>Bar\u00f3n de San Petrillo<\/em> streets.<\/p>\n<p>The Cup of Saints was the usual burying place for members of the Brotherhood of the Saints of the Stone (<em>Cofrad\u00eda de los Santos de la Piedra<\/em>) and their families. Persons who did not belong to the Brotherhood could also be buried there, but only, of course, after payment of a certain amount of money.<\/p>\n<p>Another place was the Cup of Souls. This was where all those who had nothing to do with the Brotherhood were buried. The burial was authorized by the civil authorities of the moment. There were cases like the one described by one parish priest: \u201cHe was buried thanks to the love of God, because he had nothing at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Deceased persons were brought to this cemetery also from Alboraya and Ruzafa, which is a sign that Benimaclet was attractive for all devout farmers of the surroundings of Valencia. This may have been the reason for the number of deaths and burials in the parish being high, even though in reality they were not that numerous.<\/p>\n<p>The expression \u201ccup\u201d (<em>vaso<\/em>) seems strange to us. The word means cavity or hole and was used for old cemeteries. Its use may also come from the custom of the cup of tears. This was a small container that was placed by the crypts or tombs to gather the tears shed by the relatives or friends of the deceased.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Old Cemetery<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Even though royal laws had been promulgated many years earlier to banish all parish cemeteries from the cities, it was only with the cholera epidemic of 1880 that the cemeteries were effectively moved outside the cities.<\/p>\n<p>In order to comply with these norms, the parish bought land in the Vera area. This land belonged to Jos\u00e9 Francisco Ciurana Ferrandis, also known as Pepe Franco. His grandson Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Ciurana is the one who tells us about these things. The size of the land was six <em>hanegadas<\/em>. Each <em>hanegada<\/em> cost 150 pesetas. Francisco Catal\u00e0 was in charge of initiating the move. Today it is the small part of our cemetery that we call \u201cthe old one\u201d (<em>\u201cViejo\u201d<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Many parishioners contributed to the construction of the cemetery, carrying stones and other materials from the quarry of Burjasot. We still know the names of some of them: Chispa, Pepe Franco, Andreuet de Benlliure, Talpo, Cafis, Luis de Pla\u00e7a, etc. This happened in the final years of the 19th century (1896-99).<\/p>\n<p><em>The Enlargement Sector<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Miguel Zaragoza Barber, who was the parish priest at the time, was in charge of the enlargement, known as <em>Ensanche<\/em>. We cannot give the precise date, because the cemetery grew little by little as needed. We do know that the first burials in the new part were in 1925.<\/p>\n<p>During the civil war, the Socialist Committee of the village took charge of the cemetery, since it belonged to the parish. They desecrated the graves of the Salesian Fathers and that of the parish priest Francisco Catal\u00e0 y Bosc\u00e0. We should also mention Santiago Elrione, appreciated vicar of San Antonio Abad of Sagunto Street, who used to be a fellow student of San Juan de Bosco.<\/p>\n<p>From then on and until the end of the conflict, all burials were civil and no catholic symbols were allowed.<\/p>\n<p><em>The New Sector<\/em><\/p>\n<p>With the land acquired for the cemetery in 1960 by Mr Sebasti\u00e1n Zaragoza, a new sector was added to the original area. Because of the freeway and its needs, this land cannot be used in its entirety. There is a triangle with a surface of 272 meters on which nothing can be built.<\/p>\n<p>The Auxiliary Bishop sanctified this sector in 1961.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sector 4.D.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As the population grew, the need for burials in Benimaclet increased, so an effort was made to supply the cemetery with one more sector.<\/p>\n<p>In order to do this, little by little between 1973 and 1986, the Cemetery Administration bought plots of land from various owners. Juan Luis Orqu\u00edn, parish priest at the time, was in charge of this. He also took on the responsibility for a long pending step, namely the building of a small but modern chapel for the beautification of the cemetery. It is now an appropriate space for the multitudinous celebrations of All Saints Day.<\/p>\n<p>It is the task of all parish priests to improve our cemetery. The present parish priest, Jos\u00e9 Antonio Varela, is working, among other things, on the construction of the Clergy Pavilion, a new niche pavilion and the entrance.<\/p>\n<p>Note: A <em>hanegada<\/em> or <em>fanegada<\/em> is an agricultural area measure that varies between regions. 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