In the XVII and XVIII centuries, in Antas, as in many other places of the country, the burials were carried out inside and in the patio of the parish church, located inside the urban nucleus. The lack of hygiene and sanitation of these burials caused the appearance of diseases that spread rapidly among the population. The enclosure of the courtyard of the church of Antas had an area of just over two hundred square meters.
The large number of epidemics that occurred throughout the 18th century prompted Charles III to commission the Council, by Royal Order, to search for methods to solve the serious risk to public health, in line with the enlightened ideas on health prevention and hygiene promotion that were being developed in Germany, England and France, where civil cemeteries had already been built.
The Royal Decree of Charles III, dated April 3, 1787, is the document that changed the place of burial of the deceased, although its drafting provoked a controversy in the Church, which considered that it meant an unacceptable interference of the State in its prerogatives in the funerary field, with the consequent economic damage it would suffer due to the loss of the concessions of burial rights.
Based on the provisions of this Royal Decree, a cemetery was built on the outskirts of the urban center, on the right bank of the Aljáriz or Mendras road, more than two hundred meters from the houses existing at that time. The enclosure had an area of one thousand one hundred and forty square meters.
The file for the construction of the current municipal cemetery of the municipality of Antas was initiated from a communication from the town council to the Civil Government, dated May 24, 1900, which showed the state in which the existing cemetery was at that date.
The Civil Governor, on June 24, 1900, ordered that the appropriate proceedings be opened for the construction of a new cemetery, in accordance with the Royal Order of July 16, 1888.
In this file, there is a certificate issued by the municipal secretary, Mr. Cristóbal Guerrero Simón, on the deaths that occurred in the municipality during the last decade, in which it is reported that the adults, or over seven years of age, who died in that period were 332, and the infants, or under seven years of age, were 475, which meant an average of 79 deaths per year.
The Cemetery Project for the town of Antas was drafted by the architect of the Provincial Council, Mr. Enrique López Rull, who signed it in September 1904.
Cemetery project plan for Antas by architect Enrique López Rull. 1904
In the Descriptive Memory of the same, it is justified that the lack of capacity, the short distance to the urban center and the hygienic conditions of the existing cemetery motivated the agreement of the city council to build another one that met all the conditions that the current legislation stipulated for these buildings.
The place chosen for its location was the place called ¨Los Casqueles”, whose calcareous soil met the best conditions for burials because it favored the organic decomposition of the corpses that were deposited in it.
Likewise, the distance of more than 500 meters from the urban center of the town and its location, with respect to it, did not favor the prevailing winds passing through the cemetery rather than through the town, were circumstances that made it suitable for such use.
In addition, the site chosen was not near any watercourse, neither alveous nor subalveous, which could be contaminated by any infection, a circumstance that the legislation in force at that time was insistently fixed. It met, therefore, all the conditions required.
The land chosen for the construction of the municipal cemetery, with an area of three thousand four hundred square meters, was acquired by the city council from Luis Belmonte Rodríguez for four hundred pesetas.
The capacity of the building had to be deduced from the mortality rate for the last five years, which had been 399 individuals, representing 2.70 percent per year of the number of inhabitants, which at that time was 2,916.
And, supposing that the exhumations were made eight years at a time, a figure that exceeds by three the five years advised by science for total decomposition, and that each one occupied an area of four square meters, two thousand five hundred and sixty square meters (2,560 m2) were necessary for the 640 who, probably, would die in the following eight years.
To this, one hundred and fifty square meters (150 m2) had to be added for the chapel, depository, entrance and room for the gravedigger; one hundred square meters for isolated burials, niches and others; and two hundred square meters (200 m2) for cases of increased mortality due to epidemics.
Therefore, it was considered that three thousand square meters was sufficient for the purpose of the project, since, it was assured, the population would not increase.
A rectangular enclosure of sixty-two meters in length and fifty-two meters in latitude was projected, including the thickness of the fence walls, buttresses and other inherent works.
The usual layout was followed based on the program required by the municipal corporation: a covered entrance, where the corpses could be laid out, a chapel and mortuary connected by a glass window, so that funeral masses could be said; and on the right side, at the entrance, the gravedigger’s dwelling.
At the rear, and attached to the north wall of the fence wall, there was an enclosure for non-Catholics of eight by eight meters (64 m2) capable of burying 32 corpses, “more than enough for the locality and its beliefs”, unlike Garrucha.
The enclosure was designed with a fence of masonry walls, 2.80 meters high, slightly higher than the 2.50 meters proposed by the corporation, to prevent any vermin from penetrating and causing desecration. To give stability to the wall, buttresses were placed every six meters.
The upper part of the wall was crowned with a course of brick and, on top of it, a coping of common mortar to protect it from atmospheric agents.
The outbuildings were covered with iron beams and flat brick framing covered with another tile laid with semi-hydraulic mortar.
The foundation was designed with a width of sixty centimeters and a depth of eighty centimeters, both in the enclosure and in the outbuildings.
The morgue room, or autopsy room, had a masonry table covered with a marble table top.
According to the architect’s report, the limited budget did not allow for the construction of pits separated by brick walls, two meters deep, which allowed for the burial of two superimposed corpses separated by a layer of lime.
The budget for the works reflected in the project amounted to five thousand three hundred and eight pesetas and twenty-eight cents (5,308.28 pesetas), although the final cost almost doubled.
The Permanent Commission of the Provincial Board of Health, in session celebrated on November 29, 1905, agreed to authorize the construction of a Catholic and Civil Cemetery, in the town of Antas, for being all adjusted to the sanitary laws in force in the matter.
On June 9, 1906, being mayor of Antas Ignacio Martínez Cano, the Civil Governor authorized, after the inspection carried out, the continuation of the works of the chapel that was being built in the old cemetery. Three days later, Juan Rodríguez López, in charge of the works, was informed to continue with the construction of the chapel.
On January 1, 1907, Juan Rodríguez López presided over the municipal corporation of Antas, beginning a period of five years at the head of the city council, coinciding, in good part, with the long government of Antonio Maura at the head of the government of Spain.
The specifications for the auction and contracting of the construction of the cemetery, with the note of approval, was sent by the Civil Government to the town council of Antas on March 22, 1911, when Gabriel Guerrero Simón was mayor, with José Canalejas presiding over the Spanish government.
On May 25, 1911, the secretary of the town council of Antas certified that no proposals had been presented for the construction of the cemetery.
After a second auction, in which no bids were submitted either, on July 3, 1911, the corporation requested the Civil Government to authorize the municipality to execute the works by administration, under the same type and conditions that had served as the basis for the auctions.
On August 15, 1911, the corporation was informed of an official letter from the Civil Governor, dated July 31, 1911, authorizing the town council to carry out the cemetery works by administration. And the mayor was authorized to carry out any necessary management to start the works as soon as possible.
The total expenses for the construction of the cemetery amounted to 10,041.45 pesetas, of which 6,411.00 were for labor; 2,458.25 for materials; and 1,172.20 for the trades of marble worker, blacksmith and carpenter.
To improve the access to the cemetery, from the river, the city council had to acquire other land for an amount of two hundred pesetas. The conditioning of the road cost seven hundred and fifty pesetas, and was completed in two months.
On September 8, 1912, the corporation agreed to delay the act of blessing of the cemetery, which was scheduled for that day, to make some pending finishing touches. It was also agreed to name the building “Cemetery of Nuestra Señora de la Cabeza”.
It was also agreed in that session that “once the works were finished, and since there was no architect or other similar expert in the town, that the corresponding certificate on the state of the works be issued by the facultative director appointed for that purpose, Mr. Ignacio Casquet Cano, mine foreman, and the master builders who executed them, Mr. Lorenzo Marín Giménez and Mr. Ginés López Collado, and that, once these requirements were fulfilled, the appropriate regulations for the administration, care and conservation of the cemetery be drawn up”.
On September 12, 1912, the corporation, presided by Gabriel Guerrero Simón, met to witness the act of the solemn blessing that had just been performed by the parish priest Domingo Sebastián Caparros.
On September 28, 1912, Mr. Ignacio Casquet Cano, Mr. Lorenzo Marín Giménez and Mr. Ginés López Collado certified that “the works have been executed with the degree of solidity and good construction required in the plan opportunely approved by the superiority, being, therefore, in good condition and being able to proceed definitively to its reception”. The first two signed because the last one did not know how to do it.
On October 18, 1912 the first burial in the cemetery of Antas was recorded. María Guerrero Castaño, single, 19 years old, who died of influenza fever.
The first burials were made in pits dug in the ground, some of which have survived to the present day, being later, in many cases, transferred to the niches once they were built.
The usual size of the first pantheons was four meters in front by three meters deep. They had three levels, a vestibule and an ossuary underneath it. The price was set at one hundred and fifty pesetas, from the first ones built, until 1939.
On February 23, 1913, authorization was granted to Gines Clemente Ridao for the construction of first class niches. On March 9, of that same year, the construction of twenty-seven niches began, in the back front of the enclosure, by the master mason Lorenzo Marín Giménez, at the rate of twenty-five pesetas for each one.
On June 27, 1915, tree planting began to improve the appearance of the interior of the cemetery. They had to be replaced in February of the following year, since the first ones had not taken hold.
The oldest pantheon that remains today belonged to Roque Giménez Fernández, who, on December 26, 1915, requested the concession in perpetuity of a plot of land 4 meters deep by 3.50 meters in front, in the center of the left side wall, to build a family pantheon. The price was 175 pesetas, and the title of ownership, in all cases, was the plenary agreement together with the letter of payment.
After having exhausted the niches for rent as a result of the increase in deaths caused by the “Spanish flu”, on February 25, 1917, the city council commissioned the master mason Ginés López Collado to build twenty-one new niches, on the left front of the cemetery, for 500 pesetas.
On March 19, 1939, in the last days of the Civil War, due to the economic situation of most of the neighbors and the scarcity of wood, the mayor, Antonio Ridao Ortega, commissioned the carpenter Guillermo Cano Cano, with an amount of two hundred pesetas, the construction of a coffin that could be used more than once. Subsequently, it was known as “the coffin of the animas”.
In the processes of cemetery clogging and expansion of the Antas cemetery we can distinguish four phases:
From its inauguration until 1950, pantheons were built attached to the west, east and north sides of the perimeter wall until they were filled, which allowed the burials to remain there without the need to exhume the corpses after eight years, as originally planned. During this period, masonry walls and lime mortar plastering continued to be used in the construction of the vaults.
The new cemetery and the old cemetery according to orthophoto of 1956.
Beginning in 1950, the construction of cemeteries began in the center of the precinct, forming the central street from the entrance to the north side. In this period, which lasted until the eighties, the use of cement mortar began in the construction of walls and the finishing of facades.
The new cemetery and the old cemetery according to orthophoto 1977
The saturation of the first enclosure, led the city council in the early eighties, to propose its extension to the west with an area of one thousand three hundred square meters, articulating the connection by extending the central street in an east-west direction. In the second enclosure all the pantheons were built with identical size and morphology. The coverings, for the most part, were made of gray and black granite.
The rapid filling of the second enclosure, and the vacant land in the first, led the city council, in the first decade of this century, to the acquisition of a property adjacent to the cemetery. Part of it was ceded to the company that owns the morgue, and the rest was used for the extension to the north with an area of 4,200 square meters, with a lower density, with streets running north-south, and a new transparent metal mesh enclosure that allows for wide perspectives from the inside.
The new cemetery and the old cemetery according to orthophoto 2024
The cemetery of Antas has been characterized from the beginning by the use of simple materials and construction systems, masonry and lime plaster, without the use, at any time, of exposed stone in walls or in the formation of holes.
In the first enclosure some pantheons stand out with cement mortar and gravel of uniform granulometry, given with trowel and, later, chopped with bujarda hammer, imitating stone masonry, built in the decade of the fifties. And the pantheon of the widow of Simón Cano Cano, of neo-Gothic style, with white marble cladding.
In the second and third enclosures, the uniformity in the size of the pantheons and in the materials used to cover the fronts is noteworthy.
Phases of implementation and growth of the Antas Cemetery
RELEVANT PEOPLE BURIED IN THE CEMETERY OF ANTAS
MAYORS
1848 Jesús Peregrín Cano +1920
1864 Gabriel Guerrero Simón +1925
1867 Juan Rodríguez López +1947
1871 Ignacio Martínez Cano +1915
1874 Gabriel Zamora Alonso +1956
1875 Juan Soler Haro +1965
1877 Ramón García Simón +1954
1880 José Guerrero Simón +1962
1904 Clemente Mañas Clemente +1985
1914 Luis Ridao Clemente +1994
1917 Gabriel Carretero García +1991
1925 Francisco Pérez Casquet +2005
1930 Francisco Martínez Guerrero +2009
PRESIDENTS OF “THE GROUP” (S. A. T. 2.503)
1914 Luis Ridao Clemente +1994
1925 Juan Cano García +2012
1930 Francisco Martínez Guerrero +2009
1931 Jose Fuentes Vazquez +2023
1943 Roque Cano Teruel +2018
1945 Diego Torres García +2002
OTHER RELEVANT MUNICIPAL POSITIONS
1847 Francisco Clemente Rodríguez +1915
1862 Roque Giménez Fernández +1951
1883 José Rodríguez Cano +1957
1885 Luis Zamora Alonso +1960
1888 José García Clemente +1973
1894 Pedro Pérez Navarro +1987
1895 Francisco Rodrigo Collado +1976
1897 Antonio Guerrero Martínez +1965
1899 José García Fuentes +1970
1901 Miguel Sánchez Valero +1979
1901 Blas Simón Zamora +1979
PRIESTS
1859 Alfredo Almunia López +1936
1930 Bernardo Ávila Ortega +2021
RELIGIOUS
1869 Sister María Zurita Galindo +1957
1904 Sister Manuela Tejada Milán +1953
1906 Sister Teresa Letona Anunciabay +1974
1919 Sister María Amparo Pérez López +2015
MEDICALS
1883 Roque Soler Peregrín +1952
1901 Baldomero Guerrero Martínez +1987
1919 Félix Guerrero Soler +1988
1924 Martín Cano Guerrero +1976
1960 Carmen Cano Soler +2023
TEACHERS
1861 Amalia Ureña Rubio +1943
1861 Francisco Linares Morente +1928
1866 Práxedes Agrela Mejías +1928
1881 Antonio Peregrín Peregrín +1974
1885 Ignacio Casquet Cano +1962
1885 José Martos Peinado +1971
1899 Diego Martínez Torres +1986
1915 Juan Gómez Caparros +2000
1919 Félix Guerrero Soler +1988
1920 Francisco Guil Andrés +1990
1930 Francisco Martínez Guerrero +2009
1941 Gabriel Martínez Guerrero +2022
RELEVANT PEOPLE IN THE FIELD OF CULTURE
1841 Pedro Flores García +1928
1885 Ignacio Casquet Cano +1962
1920 Francisco Guil Andrés +1990
1941 Gabriel Martínez Guerrero +2022
1946 Antonio Jesús Soler Cano +1990
OTHER RELEVANT PEOPLE
1840 Cándido Casquet Simón +1929
1848 Antonio Pérez Guerrero +1934
1855 Juan Bautista Pérez Soler +1926
1884 Simón Cano Cano +1937
1888 Ramona Clemente Belmonte +1991
1893 María Guerrero Castaño +1912
1893 Isabel Clemente Cano +1913
1896 María Castaño Cano +1988
1900 Cándido Casquet Casquet +1977
1908 Antonio Clemente Jodar +1945
1916 Francisco Cano Crespo +1948
MAYORS
- (1848) JESÚS PEREGRÍN CANO (+1920)
Primo Feliciano Feliciano Jesús Peregrín Cano was born in Antas on June 9, 1848.
He was the sixth son of Antonio José Peregrín Alarcón, a native of Cuevas, and Maria Dolores Cano Belmonte.
He married his cousin Celestina Cano Cano, daughter of Ginés Cano Belmonte, in 1874.
After Celestina’s death in 1876, he remarried Isabel Peregrín Ridao in 1880.
A carpenter by profession, he was mayor in 1892, replacing his uncle Gines Cano Belmonte.
He died on July 1, 1920.
He is buried in the family cemetery located on San Joaquin Street.
2. (1862) GABRIEL GUERRERO SIMÓN (+1925)
Gabriel Guerrero Simón was born in Antas on January 21, 1864.
Son of Félix Guerrero Cano and Josefa Simón Navarro.
He married, on June 27, 1887, María Martínez Cano, daughter of Andrés Martínez Cano and María del Carmen Cano Cervantes.
His professional life has always been linked to municipal positions, and he has held different positions and occupations in the City Council:
Scribe, in 1887.
Assistant secretary, in 1888, where he played a fundamental role in the confrontation over water, representing the interests of the City Council against the water society La Concordia formed by the Sociedad Tres Fuentes de Vera and the Sociedad La Abundancia, half from Antas and half from Vera.
Clerk of the Municipal Court from 1889 to 1891.
In 1893, together with Mayor Gabriel Simón Navarro, his mother’s brother, and Councilman Andrés Martínez Cano, his father-in-law, he presented a project to bring water from the Fuente del Pilarico to Antas.
Secretary of the City Council in the years 1892, 1894, 1896 and 1899.
Mayor in 1902, from November to December; in 1911-1913, when the municipal cemetery was built; and in 1916-1917.
Municipal Judge in the years 1919, 1920, 1921, 1923 and 1924.
He died on May 5, 1925, at the age of 60.
He is buried in the family cemetery located on San Antonio Street.
3. (1867) JUAN RODRÍGUEZ LÓPEZ (+1947)
Son of Luis Rodríguez Cano and Josefa López López, born in Vera.
He married Francisca Clemente Rodríguez on October 29, 1891.
He was deputy mayor in 1902, when Juan Cano Segado was mayor.
Collector of Local Taxes and Depositary of Municipal Funds, in 1906.
He was mayor from 1906 to 1910, and councilman from 1927 to 1930, with Ramón García as mayor.
He died on January 8, 1947, of heart failure, at the age of 78.
He is buried in the family cemetery, built in 1920, located on Santiago Street.
4. (1871) IGNACIO MARTÍNEZ CANO (+1915)
Ignacio Martínez Cano was born in Antas, on May 27, 1871.
Son of Andrés Martínez Cano and María del Carmen Cano Cervantes.
He married María Peregrín Pérez on October 14, 1898.
Profession scribe and industrialist.
He was municipal judge in 1901 and 1902; and mayor in 1906.
He died on May 15, 1915, of tuberculous laryngitis.
He is buried in the family vault located on Santiago Street.
5. (1874) GABRIEL ZAMORA ALONSO (+1956)
Gabriel Zamora Alonso was born in Antas on May 5, 1874.
Son of Blas Zamora Cano, born in Vícar and mayor of Antas in 1897, and Isabel Alonso Céspedes, born in Antas.
He was mayor from October 2, 1923 to October 9, 1923, that is, one week.
He was Municipal Judge in 1921, 1924, 1930 and 1933.
He was 2nd deputy mayor with Juan Soler Haro from August 1934 to February 1936.
He was appointed Municipal Judge on April 2, 1939, the day after the end of the Civil War, until 1941.
He was a member of the Management Commission, formed on April 3, 1939, by the military commander of Vera, after the end of the Civil War, to take charge of the operation of the town hall.
He died on November 11, 1956, at the age of 83.
He is buried in the family vault, located on Santiago Street.
6. (1875) JUAN SOLER DE HARO (+1965)
Juan Soler de Haro was born in Vera, in 1875.
Son of Bartolomé Soler Torres, who was mayor of Antas in 1889, and Beatriz Haro Cano.
He married María Dolores Martínez Pérez in 1906.
In 1911, he was Collector of Local Taxes, being Mayor Gabriel Guerrero Simón.
He was mayor from August 22, 1934, to February 22, 1936. And mayor-president of the Management Commission on April 3, 1939.
Subsequently, he was a councilman member of the Management Commission as of June 19, 1939.
He died on July 23, 1965, at the age of 90.
He is buried in the family cemetery located on Santa Maria Street.
7. (1877) RAMÓN GARCÍA SIMÓN (+1954)
Ramón Garcia Simón was born in Vera in 1877.
Son of Pedro José García Alcaraz, born in Vera, and María del Carmen Simón Garrido, born in Antas.
By profession, merchant and owner.
He married María Dolores Pérez Cano, daughter of Diego Pérez García and Antonia Cano Segura, on January 14, 1901.
He was mayor of Antas from 1924 to 1930.
He died on April 29, 1954.
He is buried in the family cemetery located on Santa Maria Street.
8. (1880) JOSÉ GUERRERO SIMÓN (+1962)
José Guerrero Simón was born in Antas on April 20, 1880.
Son of Félix Guerrero Cano and Josefa Simón Navarro.
On January 10, 1903, he married Francisca Soler Peregrín, daughter of Alfonso Soler Navarro and Ángela Peregrín Ridao.
On April 16, 1906 he was appointed accidental secretary of the town council of Antas, being mayor Ignacio Martínez Cano, brother-in-law of his brother Gabriel Guerrero Simón.
In 1910, he was secretary of the Municipal Court.
In 1912, he was secretary, in property, when his brother Gabriel was mayor.
He was mayor from October 9, 1923 to March 27, 1924.
He was mayor again from June 5, 1931 to August 22, 1934.
He was a councilman from February 22, 1936 to December 8, 1936.
He died on February 2, 1962.
He is buried in the family cemetery located on San Joaquin Street.
9. (1904) CLEMENTE MAÑAS CLEMENTE (+1985)
Clemente Mañas Clemente was born in La Huelga, a hamlet of the municipality of Sorbas, in 1904.
Son of Juan Mañas Rodríguez, born in Sorbas, and Francisca Clemente Flores, born in Antas.
On November 12, 1930, he married Francisca Cano Crespo, 17 years old, daughter of Simón Cano Cano Cano, born in Antas, and María del Carmen Crespo García, born in Bédar.
After the Civil War, he was mayor in the Second Management Commission, from June 14, 1939 to 1941.
He died on September 30, 1985.
He is buried in the family cemetery located on Santa Maria Street.
10. (1914) LUIS RIDAO CLEMENTE (+1994)
Luis Ridao Clemente was born in Antas on December 5, 1914.
Son of Bernardo Ridao Simón and Isabel Clemente Cano.
He studied at the Diocesan Seminary of Almeria and later obtained the title of National Teacher.
He married, on July 28, 1944, with Lucía Segura Fernández, native of Zurgena, daughter of Miguel Segura Segura Segura and Carmen Fernández Segura.
Once the Civil War ended, in September 1939, he was a member of the Festivities Commission, together with Blas Simón Zamora, councilman, and Francisco García González, assistant secretary.
He was mayor for a decade, from 1954 to 1964, and founding president of “El Grupo” from February to September 1964.
He died on January 12, 1994. He is buried in the family cemetery located on Santa Maria Street.
11. (1917) GABRIEL CARRETERO GARCÍA (+1991)
Gabriel Carretero García was born in the municipality of Vera in 1917.
Son of Gabriel Carretero García and Francisca García Soler.
He married Beatriz Pérez Navarro, a native of Antas.
In 1956, he founded the Hotel Restaurant and Bar Mi casa.
He was mayor of Antas from 1969 to 1975.
Died May 4, 1991.
He is buried in the family cemetery located on San Joaquin Street.
12. (1925) FRANCISCO PÉREZ CASQUÉT (+2005)
Francisco Pérez Casquét was born in Antas on August 25, 1925.
Son of Pedro Pérez Navarro and Isabel Casquét Casquét.
On October 24, 1949, he married Amparo Cano Flores, daughter of Antonio Cano Cano Cano and Josefa Flores Cano.
He was a factor, railway agent, at the Zurgena station.
He was an industrialist and entrepreneur in various fields.
He was mayor of Zurgena.
He was mayor of Antas by designation of the Civil Governor from 1975 to 1979.
He was the first democratic mayor of Antas when he was elected by absolute majority, for the period 1979-1983, at the head of the candidacy of the Union of Democratic Center.
He was again elected mayor by absolute majority, for the 1983-1987 period, at the head of the Alianza Popular ticket.
He passed away on October 26, 2005.
He is buried in the family cemetery located on Santa Ana Street.
13. (1930) FRANCISCO MARTÍNEZ GUERRERO (+2009)
Francisco Martínez Guerrero was born in Antas on December 3, 1930.
Son of Diego Martínez Torres, native of Bedar, and Carmen Guerrero Martínez, native of Antas. Grandson of Gabriel Guerrero Simón.
He married Matilde Navarro Tapia, a native of Madrid.
He was a National Teacher. He practiced his profession in the Public School of Antas.
He promoted different business initiatives, together with his brother Gabriel.
He was mayor from 1964 to 1969.
He passed away in 2009.
He is buried in the family cemetery located on San Antonio Street.
PRESIDENTS OF “THE GROUP” (S. A. T. 2,053)
- (1925) JUAN CANO GARCÍA (+2012)
Son of Francisco Cano Cano and Isabel García Pérez.
On September 22, 1947, he married Juana Rodríguez Cano, daughter of Luis Rodríguez Clemente and Gabriela Cano Cano Cano.
He was a farmer, residing in his family farm located in Los Llanos del Mayor, until, at the end of 1961, he moved to La Era del Lugar to run the bakery, the grocery store and the grocery store of the heirs of Simón Cano Cano.
Juan Cano García was councilman and first deputy mayor of the city council of Antas in different periods.
He chaired the municipal festivities commission on numerous occasions.
He was also president of the Grupo Sindical de Colonización de Antas, number 4016, from its first General Meeting, held on September 17, 1964, until June 25, 1977.
In 1979, “El Grupo”, as it is still known today, became the Sociedad Agraria de Transformación, number 2503, which was also presided over by Juan Cano from April 5, 1986 to July 21, 1987.
He passed away on June 19, 2012.
He is buried in the family cemetery, located on San Antonio Street.
2. (1931) JOSÉ FUENTES VÁZQUEZ (+2023)
José Fuentes Vázquez was born in Cuevas del Almanzora in 1931.
Son of Simón Fuentes Fuentes and Juana Vázquez Ordóñez.
Shortly thereafter, his family moved to Antas, where his father was appointed head pharmacist.
He studied law at the Faculty of Granada.
On December 16, 1963, he married Beatriz Caparrós Simón, daughter of José Caparrós Casquet and Mercedes Simón Rodrigo.
He practiced law as legal advisor to a banking institution in Granada.
He was director of the Sacromonte School in Granada.
He was a councilman of the town council of Antas during the period 1983-1987.
He presided over “El Grupo”, Sociedad Agraria de Transformación number 2,503, in two stages, from June 25, 1977 to December 28, 1981, and from August 8, 1998 to March 31, 2007.
He passed away on March 8, 2023.
He is buried in the family cemetery located on Santa Lucía Street.
3. (1943) ROQUE CANO TERUEL (+2018)
Roque Cano Teruel was born in Antas on January 25, 1943.
Son of Juan Cano Clemente and Gabriela Teruel Teruel.
On May 4, 1969, he married Francisca Pérez Cano, daughter of Antonio Pérez Belmonte and Angustias Cano Flores.
He was an entrepreneur in transportation, agricultural machinery and earthmoving.
He presided over “El Grupo”, Sociedad Agraria de Transformación number 2,503, from February 5, 1983, to April 5, 1986.
He passed away on February 15, 2018.
He is buried in the family cemetery located on Estrellas Street.
4. (1945) DIEGO TORRES GARCÍA (+2002)
Son of José Torres Carmona and Beatriz Garcia Molina.
Diego Torres García was born in Colindres, in the province of Santander, coinciding with his father’s professional destiny, in 1945.
He married Josefina Cano Soler, daughter of Cayetano Cano Flores and Luisa Soler Rodríguez, on December 26, 1969.
He presided over “El Grupo”, Sociedad Agraria de Transformación number 2,503, in two periods, from July 21, 1987 to December 30, 1989, and from August 25, 1990 to October 12, 1991.
He passed away on August 9, 2002.
He is buried in the family cemetery located on Santa Maria Street.
OTHER RELEVANT MUNICIPAL POSITIONS
- (1847) FRANCISCO CLEMENTE GIMÉNEZ (+1915)
Francisco Clemente Rodríguez was born in Antas on May 21, 1847.
Son of Jose Clemente Perez and Maria Gimenez Cano.
His godparents were Luis Giménez Cano and his wife, Ángela Ramírez Carmona.
He married Melchora Cano Ridao.
He died on November 4, 1915.
He is buried in the family vault, located on Santiago Street.
It is one of the oldest burial sites preserved today.
2. (1862) ROQUE GIMÉNEZ FERNANDEZ (+1951)
Roque Giménez Fernández was born on January 2, 1862.
Son of Trinidad Giménez Guerrero, native of Antas, and Juana Fernández Fuentes, native of Lubrín.
He belonged to a family of millers: Roque Giménez Guerrero, and Roque Giménez Rodríguez.
He married Josefa Rodríguez López, daughter of Luis Rodríguez Cano and Josefa López López López, on October 19, 1882.
He was a Municipal Judge from 1904 to 1906.
He died on February 1, 1951.
He is buried in the family vault, located on Santa María Street.
3. (1883) JOSÉ RODRÍGUEZ CANO (+1957)
Son of Bartolomé Rodríguez Cano and Catalina Cano Simón.
On July 29, 1903, he married Francisca Cano Castaño, daughter of Rodrigo Cano Segura and Isabel Castaño Cano.
He was an officer of the secretary of the town hall of Antas, since December 27, 1903.
He was secretary of the City Council during the Dictatorship of General Primo de Rivera, the Second Republic, the Civil War, the Gestora Commission, and the Dictatorship of General Franco.
His son Bartolomé Rodríguez Cano was second mayor in the 1939 Management Commission. He was a clerk and secretary of the municipal court from 1940 to 1941.
His son Luis Rodríguez Cano worked for many years in the secretary’s office of the City Hall in different jobs: temporary clerk, assistant secretary and accidental secretary.
His son Rodrigo Rodriguez Cano, who is not buried in the cemetery of Antas, worked in the City Hall as Assistant Secretary.
José Rodríguez Cano retired in December 1942, after 25 years, 3 months and 26 days as municipal secretary.
He is buried in the family vault, located on Santiago Street.
4. (1885) LUIS ZAMORA ALONSO (+1960)
Luis Zamora Alonso was born on July 11, 1885.
He married Mariana Serrano Cano on December 22, 1909.
He was elected councilman in the 1931 elections, obtaining the highest number of votes, so he occupied the presidency in the constitution of the City Council.
On May 22, 1932, he resigned as councilman due to the radicalization of the Socialist Corporation.
He was a councilman from August 22, 1934 to February 22, 1936 in the corporation presided by Juan Soler Haro.
His sons Blas, Pedro, Gabriel and Ignacio held municipal offices after 1945.
5. (1888) JOSÉ GARCÍA CLEMENTE (+1973)
José García Clemente was born in Antas in 1888.
He married María Martínez Pérez.
He was deputy mayor in the Management Commission of April 3, 1939.
In the Management Commission of April 14, 1939, he was replaced by his son-in-law, Cristóbal Ridao Clemente, married to María García Martínez.
He later served as Municipal Judge.
He died on January 15, 1973.
He is buried in the family cemetery, located on San Joaquin Street.
6. (1894) PEDRO PERÉZ NAVARRO (+1987)
Pedro Pérez Navarro was born on April 17, 1894.
He married, on April 13, 1919, Isabel Casquet Casquet, 21 years old, daughter of Cándido Casquet Cano and Maria Casquet Segura.
He was a councilman from August 22, 1934 to February 22, 1936, when Juan Soler Haro was mayor.
He was a councilman of the Management Commission formed on April 3, 1939.
He is buried in the family vault, located on Santa Ana Street.
7. (1895) FRANCISCO RODRIGO COLLADO (+1976)
Francisco Rodrigo Collado was born on November 30, 1895.
Son of Juan Rodrigo Muñoz and Rosa Collado Pérez.
His father was a pyrotechnician in the San Roque and Virgen de la Cabeza Festivities in 1908. Likewise, Francisco was a pyrotechnician, in the Fiestas of 1931.
He was a councilman for the UGT from December 8, 1936 to December 26, 1937.
On October 20, 1937, he was elected second deputy mayor.
After the end of the Civil War, he was sentenced, in a court martial, to one year in prison, although he remained in prison for two years due to the delay of the sentence.
He died on February 15, 1976, at the age of 80.
He is buried in the family vault, located on Santa Ana Street.
8. (1897) ANTONIO GUERRERO MARTÍNEZ (+1965)
Antonio Guerrero Martínez was born in Antas on August 31, 1897.
Son of Gabriel Guerrero Simón and Maria Martínez Cano.
He was elected councilman, for the PSOE, in the elections of October 16, 1932, and in those of February 22, 1936.
He was secretary of the Municipal Court during 1935 and 1936.
He is buried in the family cemetery, located on San Antonio Street.
9. (1899) JOSÉ GARCÍA FUENTES (+1970)
José García Fuentes was born in 1899.
Son of Emilio García Sanchez, practitioner and pharmacist, born in Uleila del Campo, and Carmen Fuentes.
José García Fuentes, known as Pepe the apothecary, was a Municipal Judge during the 2nd Republic, in 1937, 1938 and 1939.
He died on August 2, 1970.
He is buried in the family vault, located on Santiago Street.
10. (1889) MIGUEL SÁNCHEZ VALERO (+1979)
He married Juana Caparros Ridao, 24, on November 12, 1916, at the age of 27.
A confectioner, industrialist and merchant by profession, he founded Misaca, a fruit exporter.
He was accidental secretary of the Municipal Court, in 1921.
After the Civil War, he was a councilman of the Management Commission, formed on April 3, 1939, and of the Management Commission, appointed on June 14, 1939.
Died on January 16, 1979.
He is buried in the family cemetery, located on San Joaquin Street.
11. (1900) BLAS SIMÓN ZAMORA (+1979)
Blas Simón Zamora was born on January 22, 1900.
On December 29, 1924, he married María Cazorla Rodrigo, a 22-year-old native of Garrucha.
He was elected councilman in the 1931 municipal elections.
On May 22, 1932, he resigned as councilman due to the radicalization of the Socialist Corporation.
He was a councilman from August 22, 1934 to February 22, 1936, when Juan Soler Haro was mayor.
At the end of the Civil War, he was a councilman of the Management Commission formed on April 3, 1939, being mayor Juan Soler Haro, and of the one formed on June 14, 1939, being mayor Clemente Mañas Clemente.
On September 22, 1939, he was a member of the Festivities Commission in charge of organizing the fair, from October 6 to 8, in honor of the Virgen de la Cabeza. And, also, in August 1940, to organize the fair of that year.
He died on April 12, 1979. His burial is in the family cemetery, located on San Antonio Street.
PRIESTS
- (1859) ALFREDO ALMUNIA LÓPEZ (+1936)
Alfredo Almunia López was born in Mojácar on May 21, 1859.
Son of José Avelino Almunia, painter and sculptor.
He was confirmed on May 19, 1877, in Tíjola, by Bishop Orberá y Carrión.
Shortly thereafter, he entered the seminary and was ordained a priest in 1884.
He was curate of Lubrín, from 1885; of Vera, from 1890 to 1928; and of Cuevas del Almanzora, from 1928 to 1935.
In 1935, he returned to Vera as parish priest.
He was arrested by militiamen on September 7, 1936, and, although he was released after his family paid a ransom, he was arrested again and later killed on October 18, 1936, in the area of La Ballabona, in a ditch on the Lubrín road, just past the El Puntal crossroads. After multiple humiliations, he was shot in the back of the head in the left rear.
He was buried by order of the mayor, Antonio Ridao Ortega, who entrusted his burial to the municipal judge, José García Fuentes, and the bailiff, Juan Castaño Peregrín, late at night, to avoid confrontations.
On August 8, 1940, Miguel García Algarra, a relative of his, requested that he be granted, in perpetuity and free of charge, the place where he was buried, even though the cemetery regulations did not contemplate it, and they could place a tombstone.
His burial took place in a grave located in San Joaquin Street. Currently, his remains are not in the cemetery, since they were transferred to the Church of Antas for his beatification.
2. (1930) BERNARDO ÁVILA ORTEGA (+2021)
Bernardo Ávila Ortega was born in Antas on May 11, 1930.
Son of Bernardo Avila Simon and Francisca Ortega Guerrero.
He was ordained a priest in Velez Rubio on June 19, 1959.
He was pastor of Vélez Blanco, Serón, Villaricos, Abrucena, Maria and Vera.
In 1979, he was appointed pastor of Antas and Aljariz.
In 1987, he was appointed Archpriest of Vera.
He was a great composer of sacred music, highlighting his creations dedicated to the Virgin and for Holy Week.
He was named Favorite Son of Antas in 2016.
In the same year, he was appointed Chaplain of Honor of His Holiness, Pope Francis, granting him the title of Monsignor.
On September 8, 2021, after a significant renovation, the existing square at the back of the church was inaugurated and named Plaza de Monseñor Bernardo Ávila Ortega, where a bust was unveiled in his honor.
He passed away on November 15, 2021.
He is buried in the family cemetery located on San Joaquin Street.
RELIGIOUS
On September 29, 1927 the Bishop of Almeria authorized the opening of the school of San Jose to be run by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. That foundation for its maintenance received, in a deed granted in Vera on May 12, 1923, the following assets:
Houses on Calle del Aire; farm on Camino de La Huerta, known as Finca de las Monjas; Finca de los Postes, next to the Church; and Finca de El Real, bordering the farm of Manuel Giménez Ramírez and the Rambla del Cajete.
The nuns arrived in Antas on January 1, 1928 at 2:00 p.m. and the whole town came out to welcome them. The parish priest officiated a mass, welcoming them, and explained to the people the benefits of the installation of these schools.
In the first contingent, three nuns came and were buried in the Antas Cemetery:
Sister Maria Zurita Galindo, superior, born in Telde, Gran Canaria. She died June 6, 1957, at the age of 88.
Sister Teresa Letona Anunciabay, born in Miranda de Ebro, Burgos. She died July 29, 1974, at the age of 68.
Sister Manuela Tejada Milán, born in Cáceres. She died June 15, 1953, at the age of 49.
Sister Amparo Pérez López, who arrived years later and died in 2015, and Juana, who was the lady who, for many years, helped them with the housework, were also buried in the nuns’ pantheon, located on Estrellas Street.
In this pantheon, also, there is an image of Sister Ascensión Angulo Díaz, born May 10, 1934, who remained 38 years in the Convent of Antas. She died in Granada in May 2021.
MEDICALS
- (1883) ROQUE SOLER PEREGRÍN (+1952)
Roque Soler Peregrín was born on November 15, 1883.
Son of Alfonso Soler Alonso, forester, and Ángela Peregrín Ridao.
He studied medicine at the Faculty of Cadiz.
He married Carmen García Pérez, daughter of Ramón García Simón.
He died on October 27, 1952.
He is buried in the family vault, located on Santa María Street.
2. (1901) BALDOMERO GUERRERO MARTÍNEZ (+1987)
Baldomero Guerrero Martínez was born on June 23, 1901.
Son of Gabriel Guerrero Simón and María Martínez Cano.
He studied medicine and, for his political ideas, he was repressed.
He practiced his profession in 1951 and 1952.
He passed away in 1987.
He is buried in the family cemetery, located on San Antonio Street.
3. (1919) FÉLIX GUERRERO SOLER (+1988)
Félix Guerrero Soler was born in Antas on June 28, 1919.
Son of José Guerrero Simón and Francisca Soler Peregrín.
He was a councilman, at the age of 17, for the Unified Socialist Youth, from December 8, 1936 to December 26, 1937.
He studied medicine and practiced his profession in Antas and El Ejido.
He was a teacher at the Instituto de Enseñanza Secundaria de Vera.
He died on March 19, 1988.
He is buried in the family cemetery, located on San Joaquin Street.
4. (1924) MARTÍN CANO GUERRERO (+1988)
Martín Cano Guerrero was born in Antas on December 20, 1924.
Son of Guillermo Cano Cano, carpenter, born in Turre, and Isabel Guerrero Ridao, born in Antas.
He studied medicine and practiced his profession in Los Gallardos and Vera.
He married Ángela Soler García, daughter of Roque Soler Peregrin and Carmen García Pérez.
Died on September 24, 1976.
He is buried in the family vault, located on Santa María Street.
5. (1960) CARMEN CANO SOLER (+2023)
Carmen Cano Soler was born on April 6, 1960.
Daughter of Martín Cano Guerrero and Ángela Soler García.
He studied medicine at the Faculty of Granada.
He passed away on December 5, 2023.
He is buried in the family vault, located on Santa María Street.
TEACHERS
- (1861) AMALIA UREÑA RUBIO (+1943)
Amalia Ureña Rubio was born in Torredonjimeno, province of Jaén, on April 13, 1861, although in some documents she appears as a native of Fuente del Rey, province of Seville.
She married Estanislao Pérez Ureña, who held several positions in the municipality of Antas: Veterinarian, in 1896; representative of the municipality in Almería, in 1903; councilman, in 1906; statistics officer, in 1912; and municipal judge, in 1914 and 1915.
Amalia Ureña was a National Teacher for 25 years.
He died on March 23, 1943, at the age of 83.
He is buried in the family vault, located on Santa María Street.
2. (1861) FRANCISCO LINARES MORENTE (+1928)
Francisco Linares Morente was born in 1861 in Churriana de la Vega, province of Granada.
He married Praxedes Agrela Mejías.
He was a National Teacher, practicing in the municipality of Antas.
He died at the age of 67, in 1928, of a stroke.
He is buried in the family vault, located on Jupiter Street.
3. (1866) PRAXEDES AGRELA MEJÍAS (+1928)
Praxedes Agrela Mejías was born in 1866 in Churriana de la Vega, province of Granada.
She married Francisco Linares Morente.
She was a National Teacher, with practice in the municipality of Antas.
He died on January 26, 1928, at the age of 61, of a stroke.
He is buried in the family vault, located on Jupiter Street.
4. (1881) ANTONIO PEREGRÍN PEREGRÍN (+1974)
Antonio Peregrín Peregrín was born in Antas in 1881.
He studied teaching, graduating as a National Teacher.
He married Isabel Carrión Ramos, a native of Lubrín.
Former Municipal Judge.
He died in 1974 at the age of 93.
He is buried in the family vault, located on Santa María Street.
(1885) IGNACIO CASQUET CANO (+1962)
Son of Ignacio Casquet Simón and Josefa Cano Guerrero.
He studied at the Escuela de Capataces de Minas de Vera, where he graduated.
He married Josefa Guerrero Martínez, daughter of Gabriel Guerrero Simón and María Martínez Cano, on October 22, 1906.
He was the facultative director of the works of the municipal cemetery of Antas.
He was a teacher and trainer of several generations of students in Antas.
He died on September 18, 1962, at the age of 77.
He is buried in the family vault, located on Santa María Street.
6. (1885) JOSÉ MARTOS PEINADO (+1971)
José Martos Peinado was born in 1885 in Lachar, province of Granada.
He studied to become a teacher, graduating as a National Teacher in 1910.
He married Isabel Clemente Cano, daughter of Ginés Clemente Ridao and Maria Dolores Cano Ridao, on December 17, 1910. Isabel died in childbirth on January 5, 1913.
On August 6, 1915, he married Josefa Guerrero Clemente, daughter of Cristóbal Guerrero Simón and Angela Clemente Ridao.
On December 16, 1929, he remarried Antonia Eugenia Guerrero Clemente, sister of his second wife.
He died on February 13, 1971.
He is buried in the family cemetery, located on San Joaquin Street.
7. (1899) DIEGO MARTÍNEZ TORRES (+1986)
Diego Martínez Torres was born in Bédar in 1899.
He studied teaching, graduating as a National Teacher. He practiced his profession in the municipality of Antas.
He married Carmen Guerrero Martínez, daughter of Gabriel Guerrero Simón and Maria Martínez Cano.
He passed away in 1986.
He is buried in the family cemetery, located on San Antonio Street.
8. (1915) JUAN GÓMEZ CAPARROS (+2000)
Juan Gómez Caparrós was born in La Huelga, municipality of Sorbas, in 1815.
He studied teaching, graduating as a National Teacher. He practiced his profession in the municipality of Antas, beginning his teaching in the Rural School of Jauro, since 1939.
He married Carmen García Martínez.
A man of deep religious convictions, he was always linked to the Church and its activities.
In 1944, together with the residents of Jauro, they chose San Isidro Labrador as their patron saint, celebrating his feast day on May 15.
He passed away in 2000.
He is buried in the family cemetery, located on San Joaquin Street.
9. (1920) FRANCISCO GUIL ANDRÉS (+1990)
Francisco Guil Andrés was born in 1920.
He married Josefina Guerrero Soler, daughter of José Guerrero Simón and Francisca Soler Peregrín.
Degree in Chemical Sciences. He received the Cross of Alfonso X the Wise.
He was Director General of Vocational Training in the government of Adolfo Suárez.
He passed away in 1990.
He is buried in the family cemetery, located on San Joaquin Street.
10. (1941) GABRIEL MARTÍNEZ GUERRERO (+2022)
Gabriel Martínez Guerrero was born in Antas on September 4, 1941.
Son of Diego Martínez Torres, National Teacher, and Carmen Guerrero Martínez. Grandson of Gabriel Guerrero Simón, Mayor of Antas, Town Hall Secretary and Municipal Judge.
He studied teaching, graduating as a National Teacher in 1960.
On August 22, 1969, he married Josefina Simón López, daughter of Ginés Simón Reyes and Leonarda López Clemente.
In 1985, he obtained the degree of Social Graduate.
He was a teacher, researcher and entrepreneur.
He was an innovator in Antas agriculture introducing new crops: peaches, oranges, mandarins and jojoba.
In love with his village, its environment and its past, he has published numerous books on its history, archaeology, geology and his fellow citizens.
His great passion has always been the Argaric Culture, becoming one of its best ambassadors in terms of its custody, research and enhancement.
He instigated and actively participated in the coordination of the first El Argar Symposium in 2022, the construction of the Argaric houses and the El Argar Interpretation Center.
He has been a member of the Argaric Council since 2021.
In 2019, the City Council of Antas named him Official Chronicler of the town of Antas, for his tireless contribution to the history and culture of the municipality.
Among other awards, he received the Levante Culture Award.
He died on September 27, 2022. His burial is in the family cemetery, located on San Antonio Street.
RELEVANT PEOPLE IN THE FIELD OF CULTURE
- (1841) PEDRO FLORES GARCÍA (+1928)
Pedro Flores García was born in 1841.
Despite the high illiteracy rates in those years, Pedro Flores knew how to read and write.
He married Marta Soler López in 1863.
In 1880, he began his collaboration with the Siret Brothers. Pedro Flores would be his assistant and foreman. Luis Siret emphasized his physical strength, he met him opening ditches for the conduction of drinking water from Ballabona to Cuevas del Almanzora.
His crew included two of his six sons who helped him with the drawings and field notes.
His biographers say that he had great natural talent and was very observant. His companions called him “the Engineer”. The anecdote is told that his donkey “Platera” helped him in the location of the tombs since he would stop on top of them and hit the ground where the tomb was apparently located.
His field notebooks, which are in the National Archaeological Museum, are essential to know the sites of El Argar, El Garcel, Lugarico Viejo and Millares, among others.
He died on October 9, 1928, at the age of 88, in Los Llanos de los Colorados, in El Real de Antas.
His remains are in the crypt of the Lucas Soler Cánovas pantheon, located on San Joaquín Street.
(1946) ANTONIO JESÚS SOLER CANO (+1990)
Antonio Jesús Soler Cano was born February 26, 1946. Son of Lucas Soler Cánovas and María Cano Flores.
He studied engineering in Seville and Alcoy. In the latter city he became politically aware in the workers’ and students’ movements against the dictatorship.
From an early age, he showed his passion for literature and poetry.
He published eleven books. The first one was “Antas siempre”, in 1974, and the last one was “Para cruzar el laberinto”, in 1990.
He died in Antas, on July 20, 1990, at the age of 44.
His remains are in the family cemetery, located on San Joaquin Street.
OTHER RELEVANT PEOPLE
- (1840) CÁNDIDO CASQUET SIMÓN (+1929)
Cándido Casquet Simón was born in 1840.
Labrador by profession.
He married Isabel Cano Guerrero.
He died on March 14, 1929, at the age of 89.
His remains are in the family cemetery, built in 1920, located on Santa Maria Street.
The grave of his grandson is also located in this cemetery.
Candido Casquet Casquet, who was born on April 7, 1900.
Son of Cándido Casquet Cano and María Casquet Segura.
He died on April 27, 1977, at the age of 77.
2. (1848) ANTONIO PÉREZ GUERRERO (+1934)
Antonio Pérez Guerrero was born in 1848
He died on October 29, 1934, at the age of 86.
His remains are in the family pantheon, one of the oldest in the cemetery, built in 1918, located on Santa Maria Street.
In this cemetery was buried his son Francisco Pérez Rodríguez, who died in 1940, until his son, Antonio Pérez Flores, proceeded to transfer him to his family cemetery.
This cemetery was shared with his cousin Jan Bautista Pérez Soler, born in 1855, who died on March 18, 1926.
3. (1884) SIMÓN CANO CANO (+1937)
Simón Cano Cano was born on November 6, 1884.
Son of Francisco Cano Giménez and Francisca Cano Clemente.
He married María del Carmen Crespo García, a native of Bedar, on December 26, 1912.
In 1923, he was the owner of a grocery, wine and liquor retail establishment, located in Era del Lugar. In the following year, he was also a speculator, that is to say, a merchant and exporter of fruit, mainly oranges and grapes.
He died on July 18, 1937.
His remains are in the family pantheon, made of white marble in neo-Gothic style, located on Santa Maria Street.
In this cemetery are the remains of his son, Francisco Cano Crespo, born March 10, 1916.
He was a sympathizer of the fascist regimes of the interwar period. He was known as “the Führer”, because of the way he dressed and his admiration for Adolf Hitler.
In the last days of the Civil War, he was arrested and imprisoned in a church building, with the unconsummated purpose of being executed.
He died on February 1, 1948, at the age of 32.
4. (1888) RAMONA CLEMENTE BELMONTE (+1991)
Ramona Clemente Belmonte was born in 1888.
He died on May 3, 1991, at the age of 103.
He is the oldest person currently buried in the cemetery.
His remains are in the family cemetery located on Santiago Street.
5. (1893) MARÍA GUERRERO CASTAÑO (+1912)
María Guerrero Castaño was born in Antas in 1893.
Daughter of Cayetano Guerrero Castaño and Tomasa Castaño Aznar.
He died in La Huerta, on October 17, 1912, of influenza fever, at the age of 19.
It was the first burial in the new cemetery.
This annotation appears in the left margin of the death certificate number 41, of the Book 17 of Burials, 1909-1912, of the Parish Archives of Antas.
6. (1893) ISABEL CLEMENTE CANO (+1913)
Isabel Clemente Cano was born on September 16, 1893.
Daughter of Ginés Clemente Ridao and María Dolores Cano Ridao.
She married José Martos Peinado, National Teacher, on December 10, 1910.
She died as a result of childbirth on January 5, 1913, at the age of 19. Her son died on January 7, at the age of 10 days, due to lack of development.
It is the first burial of which the tombstone is preserved, located in the family pantheon on Estrellas Street.
7. (1896) MARÍA CASTAÑO CANO (+1988)
María Castaño Cano was born on December 25, 1896, daughter of Antonio Castaño Cano and Isabel Cano Pérez.
She died on December 27, 1988, at the age of 92, a widow.
She is the owner of her family cemetery, built in 1919, in which she is not buried.
8. (1908) ANTONIO CLEMENTE JODAR (+1945)
Antonio Clemente Jodar was born on November 15, 1908.
Son of Francisco Clemente Cano, native of Antas, and Maria Jódar Gil, native of Bédar.
During the Civil War, he enlisted in the Republican army and, at the end of the war, went to France, where he fought in the French resistance against the German occupation.
He was arrested in France and transferred to a Nazi concentration camp, where he was shot on April 11, 1945, located in Hradistko, Czech Republic, and subsequently cremated in Prague.
On August 4, 2023, a commemorative plaque was placed in the Antas Cemetery.
A memorial paving stone with his date of birth and death was also laid with some soil brought from Hradistko.
Luis Artero Ridao, Licentiate in History / Luis Cano Rodríguez, Architect
