How to visit

What you see

  • Sculpted tombs: works by Soares dos Reis and Teixeira Lopes form a representative collection of 19th-century Portuguese sculpture, according to the cemetery's listing.
  • A chapel: built between 1870 and 1874 to a design by engineer Gustavo Adolfo Gonçalves, extended in 1906 by architect José Marques da Silva.
  • A large park of chapel-tombs: Porto's wealthy families had real little stone houses built here.

Lapa Cemetery, for Camilo Castelo Branco

A Porto guide places Camilo Castelo Branco and the architect Marques da Silva at Lapa Cemetery, beside the Lapa church (Largo da Lapa 1, run by the Brotherhood of Our Lady of Lapa). We found no opening hours for it: call +351 22 550 28 28. Read the Lapa church page.

Good to know

  • Guided visits of Porto's cemeteries are seasonal; check the programme on the city's website.
  • No confirmed public transport route: use your journey app to Rua de Agramonte.
  • For more ideas, see the Porto free tour and free things to do in Porto.

FAQ

Is Agramonte Cemetery paid? No fee is mentioned for the self-guided visit.

Where is Camilo Castelo Branco buried? At Lapa Cemetery, according to a Porto guide.

Do I need to book? Only for guided visits, by online registration.

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