Cemiterio de Adina de Iria Flavia

It is known that the lands surrounding the Iria Flavia church have been used as a place of burial since ancient times whereas the archaeological remains of the Roman and Swabian times clearly support this fact- the anthropomorphic sarcophagi that today occupy the atrium are from the 6^th century.

The current cemetery has between its walls two crosses and four centenary olive trees that are part of the List of Singular Trees of Galicia (Catálogo de Árbores Senlleiras de Galicia). Under one of these olive trees, is located the tomb of Camilo José Cela (Iria Flavia 1916 – Madrid 2002).

Another famous Galician writer, Rosalía de Castro (Conxo 1837 – Padrón 1885) expressed her desire to be buried in this holy land where her remains were kept from the year of her death until 1891, when they were transferred to the mausoleum, in the Panteón de Galegos Ilustres in Santiago de Compostela. Nonetheless, the cemetery has a gravestone in her honor.

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Rosalía de Castro