| Central Cemetery of Bogotá | |
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| Details | |
| Established | 1836 |
| Location | Bogotá |
| Country | Colombia |
| Coordinates | 4°36′59″N 74°4′31″W / 4.61639°N 74.07528°W / 4.61639; -74.07528 |
| Type | Public |
| Find a Grave | Central Cemetery of Bogotá |
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.
Pavilion of the Presidents and First Ladies
The cemetery has been the site of many funerals and burials. The presidents buried in the pavilion of the presidents:
Central wing
- 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
- 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
- Manuel Murillo Toro – Former president
- Enrique Olaya – Former president
- Misael Pastrana Borrero – Former president
- María Cristina Arango – First lady
Notable interments
- Soledad Acosta – Writer and journalist
- Rafael Almansa – Venerated Catholic priest
- Gilberto Alzate Avendaño – Former ambassador to Spain
- José Asunción Silva – poet and writer
- José Fernández Madrid – Scientist, writer and statesman
- Luis Carlos Galán – Former candidate for presidency
- Julio Garavito – astronomer
- Álvaro Gómez Hurtado – Former candidate for presidency
- 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
- Jean Marie Marcelin Gilibert – Founder of the National Police of Colombia
- Jaime Pardo Leal – Former candidate for presidency
- Carlos Pizarro – Former candidate for presidency
- Rafael Pombo – poet and writer
- Hena Rodríguez – sculptor
- Oreste Sindici – Composer of the National Anthem of Colombia
- Rafael Uribe Uribe – Politician and statesman
- José Eustasio Rivera – Lawyer and novelist
References
- "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
- (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
- Central Cemetery of Bogota photos and information
- Central Cemetery of Bogota page (in Spanish)
- Central Cemetery of Bogotá at Find a Grave
