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Day of the Dead Brings Heavy Cemetery Attendance as Spanish Cities Step Up Access and Protection

Madrid deploys 1,650 municipal police with drones to oversee high‑traffic graveyards.

Overview

  • Cementiris de Barcelona reports 69,585 visitors across nine cemeteries, with extended 08:00–18:00 hours and added bus service to Montjuïc and Collserola.
  • Funeral services in Madrid logged 34 incidents in the past year, 68% tied to ornament thefts, prompting a PSOE‑M proposal from Ignacio Benito for updated inventories and drone monitoring.
  • Toledo recovered 31 long‑unused tombs and started works to stabilize a southern perimeter wall to ensure capacity and structural safety.
  • Vigo’s Pereiró draws sold‑out guided routes that highlight notable burials and architecture, underscoring cemeteries’ status as open‑air heritage sites.
  • Local accounts describe orderly visits, cleaning and floral tributes across Spain and in Latin American cities, with municipalities extending hours, adding services and reinforcing policing.