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Central Cemetery of Bogotá

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Established
  
1836

Country
  
Colombia

Phone
  
+57 1 2693141

Location
  
Bogotá

Type
  
Public

Central Cemetery of Bogotá

Address
  
Cra. 20 #3780, Bogotá, Colombia

Hours
  
Open today · 8AM–4:30PMTuesday8AM–4:30PMWednesday8AM–4:30PMThursday8AM–4:30PMFriday8AM–4:30PMSaturday8AM–4:30PMSunday8AM–4:30PMMonday8AM–4:30PM

Burials
  
Luis Carlos Galán, Virgilio Barco Vargas, Rafael Pombo

Similar
  
Cementer Central, Cementer del Norte, Cementer de chapinero, Funeral Olives, Los Olivos Palermo

Profiles

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.

Notable interments

  • Julio Garavito – Astronomer
  • Rafael Pombo – Poet and writer
  • José Asunción Silva – Poet and writer
  • León de Greiff – Poet and Writer
  • Soledad Acosta – Writer and journalist
  • Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada – Founder of Bogota
  • Francisco de Paula Santander – First constitutional Colombian president
  • Virgilio Barco Vargas – Former president
  • Alfonso López Michelsen – Former president
  • Alfonso López Pumarejo - Former President
  • Enrique Olaya – Former president
  • Laureano Gómez – Former president
  • Gustavo Rojas – Former president
  • Rafael Reyes – Former president
  • Eduardo Santos – Former president
  • Miguel Abadía Méndez – Former president
  • Marco Fidel Suárez – Former president
  • Manuel Murillo Toro – Former president
  • Santos Acosta – Former president
  • José Ignacio de Márquez – Former president
  • Santiago Pérez – Former president
  • José Vicente Concha - Former president
  • Miguel Antonio Caro – Former president
  • Eustorgio Salgar Moreno - Former president
  • Rafael Uribe Uribe – Politician and statesman
  • José Fernández Madrid – Scientist, writer and statesman
  • Gilberto Alzate Avendaño – Former ambassador to Spain
  • Luis Carlos Galán – Former candidate for presidency
  • Jaime Pardo Leal – Former candidate for presidency
  • Carlos Pizarro – Former candidate for presidency
  • Álvaro Gómez Hurtado – Former candidate for presidency
  • Leo Siegfried Kopp – Founder of the Bavaria Beer Company
  • Oreste Sindici – Composer of the National Anthem of Colombia
  • Marcelin Gilibert – Founder of the National Police of Colombia
  • References

    Central Cemetery of Bogotá Wikipedia