Montevideo Central Cemetery
The Central Cemetery of Montevideo ( Cementerio Central ) is one of the most important cemeteries in the state capital of Montevideo and Uruguay as a whole.
The final resting place of many prominent national figures of Uruguay, inaugurated in November 1835, is located in the Montevidean district of Barrio Sur, nestled between the Rambla República Argentina and the Avenida Gonzalo Ramirez . The Panteón can also be found here. Since 1975 the Cementerio Central has been classified as a Monumento Histórico Nacional .
Graves of famous people
- Delmira Agustini
- Luis Batlle Berres
- José Batlle y Ordóñez
- Eduardo Blanco Acevedo
- Juan Manuel Blanes
- François Ducasse, father of the Comte de Lautréamont
- Luis Alberto de Herrera
- Leandro Gómez (1811-1865)
- Benito Nardone
- José Enrique Rodó
- Alejo Rossell y Rius and Dolores Pereira de Rossell .
- Juan Spikerman
- Juan Zorrilla de San Martín
literature
- Guía Arquitectónica y Urbanística de Montevideo. 3. Edition. Intendencia Municipal de Montevideo et al., Montevideo et al. 2008, ISBN 978-9974-600-26-3 , pp. 235, 290.
Web links
- El Cementerio Central de Montevideo: un tesoro artístico a descubrir (Spanish)
- El Cementerio Central (Spanish)
Commons : Cementerio Central, Montevideo - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ "Montevideo: los barrios, Volume 1", p.17 by Aníbal Barrios Pintos
- ↑ Arte oculto en el cementerio ( Memento of August 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) in El País of February 22, 2009
- ↑ Montevideo ofrecerá visitas guiadas en los cementerios de la ciudad on www.larepublica.com.uy of December 13, 2008
Coordinates: 34 ° 54 ′ 45 ″ S , 56 ° 11 ′ 14 ″ W.