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El mausoleo de Manuel Calvo, nacido en Cádiz, España, en 1835 y<br />

fallecido en San Miguel en 1898, es uno de los más impresionantes<br />

del Cementerio de San Miguel.<br />

Conocido durante su vida como “el benefactor de los desvalidos”,<br />

fue el principal donante del hospicio y del hospital de San Miguel.<br />

Su mausoleo fue aprobado por una junta municipal el mismo año<br />

de su muerte. Es un conjunto escultórico compuesto por una<br />

urna funeraria rodeada de medallones y poemas, a cuyos pies<br />

descansan seis niños, que representan a los huérfanos y enfermos<br />

socorridos por él.<br />

The mausoleum of Manuel Calvo, born in Cádiz, Spain, in 1835 and<br />

died in San Miguel in 1898, is one of the most impressive of the<br />

Cemetery at San Miguel.<br />

Known during his life as the “benefactor of the helpless”, was<br />

the main donor of the hospice and the hospital of San Miguel.<br />

The municipal board approved his mausoleum the same year of<br />

his death. It is a sculptural set composed by one funerary urn,<br />

surrounded by medallions and poems, at his feet lie six children<br />

who represent the orphans and the sick helped by him.<br />

Grupo escultórico que representa a los<br />

niños socorridos por Manuel Calvo<br />

en el siglo XIX.<br />

Sculptural Group that represents<br />

the children helped by Manuel Calvo<br />

in the XIX century.<br />

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