THE SIXTH COUNT OF FERNÁN NÚÑEZ NEOCLASSICAL CEMETERY: A CASE OF SOCIAL DISTINCTION AND APPROPRIATION OF THE FUNERARY SPACE

Abstract

This paper tries to analyze the change in burial practices carried out by the sixth Count of Fernán Núñez in his villa after the out-of-town cemeteries reestablishment. To do this, the phases of completion, the symbolic functions and the social disputes resulting from the construction of this new cemetery are described and examined. We claim that this analysis has relevant consequences for the study of the new policies of social distinction of the nobility during the Enlightenment.