The Kiss of Death – Barcelona’s Poblenou Cemetery

This sculptural design entitled the Kiss of Death will literally take your breath away. Located in Barcelona’s Poblenou Cemetery, this stunning display has a way of drawing you in and captivating your attention with its masterfully balanced display of eerie unnerving elegance. Dating back to the 1930s, designer Joseph Llaudet Soler created a scene that beckons onlookers to come closer while fixating on its rather un-orthodox display of consoling affection between the angle of death and his captive.

His young heart is thus extinguished. The blood in his veins grows cold. And all strength has gone. Faith has been extolled by his fall into the arms of death. Amen.