Late in the XIX century, the city of Aviles was living a prosperous and intense period thanks to the maritime activitiy and the commerce with America.
The first industries appeared, too. Urban sprawl overboarded the limits of the old fortified city: the new harbour in San Juan de Nueva, the channelization of the estuary was done, the food market was inaugurated what contributed to link the Sabugo neighbourhood with the city and the broadening was made between Rivero and Llano Ponte street.
By the middle of the century, the old churchyards of San Nicolás and Santo Tomás gave way to a new one, located by the new church of Sabugo, but legal provisions on health and the growth of the city obliged to look for a new site.
The place chosen to build the new catholic cemetery of Avilés is La Carriona, a high location, airiy as it was said at the time, and far from any inhabited place.
By the middle of the century, the old churchyards of San Nicolás and Santo Tomás gave way to a new one, located by the new church of Sabugo, but legal provisions on health and the growth of the city obliged to look for a new site.
The place chosen to build the new catholic cemetery of Avilés is La Carriona, a high location, airiy as it was said at the time, and far from any inhabited place.