A monument dedicated to the victims of yellow fever outbreak that occurred in Barcelona in 1821 is seen among niches at Poblenou cemetery in Barcelona. Is assumed that during yellow fever epidemic of 1821 in Barcelona at least 20,000 inhabitants died from the scourge, it was a sixth of the total population of the city estimated 120,000.

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Size: 5931px × 3954px
Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Photo credit: © Jordi Boixareu / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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