Panteón Castel

The Panteón Castel stands within San Miguel Cemetery in Málaga as a mausoleum linked to the Castel family. Its recorded date is 1867, and San Miguel Cemetery provides its setting. Don Obdulio Castel requested alignment for the mausoleum, linking the monument to a specific family initiative. The Castel family occupies a notable place in Málaga’s recorded history. The mausoleum also serves as the resting place of painter José Moreno Carbonero, whose wife was a daughter of Don Simón Castel. His name connects the monument with Málaga’s art history. San Miguel Cemetery reflects Málaga’s industrial rise and decline through families including Heredia, Larios, Castel and Huelin. The cemetery’s historical record names artists such as Bernardo Ferrándiz and Muñoz Degrain. Its recorded figures also include Teresa Aspiazu, Trinidad Grund, Jane Bowles, Félix Sáenz, Adolfo Príes and Francisco Palma García. Together, these names place Panteón Castel within Málaga’s wider historical record.