Central Cemetery of Bogotá (Spanish: Cementerio Central de Bogotá) is one of the main and most famous cemeteries in Colombia located in Bogotá. Houses several national heroes, poets and former Colombian presidents. It was opened in 1836 and was declared National Monument in 1984. Some of the sculptors of the mausoleums are Tenerani and Sighinolfi.
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| Details | |
| Established | 1836 |
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| Country | Colombia |
| Coordinates | 4°36′59″N 74°4′31″W / 4.61639°N 74.07528°W |
| Type | Public |
| Find a Grave | Central Cemetery of Bogotá |
Pavilion of the Presidents and First Ladies edit
The cemetery has been the site of many funerals and burials. The presidents buried in the pavilion of the presidents:
Central wing edit
- Francisco de Paula Santander – First constitutional Colombian president
- Miguel Abadía Méndez – Former president
- Santos Acosta – Former president
- Miguel Antonio Caro – Former president
- Laureano Gómez – Former president
- José Ignacio de Márquez – Former president
- Rafael Reyes – Former president
- Eustorgio Salgar Moreno – Former president
- Eduardo Santos – Former president
Right wing edit
- Santiago Pérez – Former president
- José Vicente Concha – Former president
- Alfonso López Pumarejo – Former president
- María Michelsen Lombana – First Lady
- Alfonso López Michelsen – Former president
- Cecilia Caballero Blanco – First lady
- Marco Fidel Suárez – Former president
- Carlos Lleras Restrepo – Former president
- Cecilia de la Fuente de Lleras – First lady
- Gustavo Rojas – Former president
- Virgilio Barco Vargas – Former president
- Carolina Isakson – First lady
Left wing edit
- Manuel Murillo Toro – Former president
- Enrique Olaya – Former president
- Misael Pastrana Borrero – Former president
- María Cristina Arango – First lady
Notable interments edit
- Soledad Acosta – Writer and journalist
- Rafael Almansa – Venerated Catholic priest
- Gilberto Alzate Avendaño – Former ambassador to Spain
- José Asunción Silva – poet and writer
- Virgilio Barco Vargas – Former president
- Miguel Antonio Caro – Former president
- José Vicente Concha – Former president
- José Fernández Madrid – Scientist, writer and statesman
- Luis Carlos Galán – Former candidate for presidency
- Julio Garavito – astronomer
- Álvaro Gómez Hurtado – Former candidate for presidency
- Laureano Gómez – Former president
- León de Greiff – poet and Writer
- Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada – Founder of Bogota
- Leo Siegfried Kopp – Founder of the Bavaria Beer Company
- Nepomuceno Matallana – serial killer
- Alfonso López Michelsen – Former president
- Alfonso López Pumarejo – Former President
- Jean Marie Marcelin Gilibert – Founder of the National Police of Colombia
- José Ignacio de Márquez – Former president
- Manuel Murillo Toro – Former president
- Enrique Olaya – Former president
- Jaime Pardo Leal – Former candidate for presidency
- Francisco de Paula Santander – First constitutional Colombian president
- Santiago Pérez – Former president
- Carlos Pizarro – Former candidate for presidency
- Rafael Pombo – poet and writer
- Hena Rodríguez – sculptor[1]
- Gustavo Rojas – Former president
- Eustorgio Salgar Moreno – Former president
- Eduardo Santos – Former president
- Oreste Sindici – Composer of the National Anthem of Colombia
- Marco Fidel Suárez – Former president
- Rafael Uribe Uribe – Politician and statesman
References edit
- ^ "Murió la Escultora Hena Rodríguez" [Death of Sculptor Hena Rodríguez]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). Bogotá, Colombia. 18 April 1997. Archived from the original on 22 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
Further reading edit
- (in Spanish) Calvo Isaza, Oscar Iván (1998), El Cementerio Central: Bogotá, la vida urbana y la muerte. Bogotá: Tercer Milenio Ediciones. ISBN 9586017478
- (in Spanish) Escovar Wilson-White, Alberto (2003), Guía del Cementerio Central de Bogotá. Bogotá: Alcaldía Mayor de Bogotá, Corporación La Candelaria. ISBN 9583342866
External links edit
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