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Colón Cemetery, Havana
El Cementerio de Cristóbal Colón (English: the Christopher Columbus Cemetery), also called La Necrópolis de Cristóbal Colón, was founded in 1876 in the Vedado neighbourhood of Havana, Cuba, to replace the Espada Cemetery in the Barrio de San Lázaro. Named for Christopher Columbus, the cemetery is noted for its many elaborately sculpted memorials. It is estimated the cemetery has more than 500 major mausoleums. Before the Espada Cemetery and the Colon Cemetery were built, interments took place in crypts at the various churches throughout Havana, for example, at the Havana Cathedral or Church Crypts in Havana Vieja. Overview The Colon Cemetery is one of the most important cemeteries in the world and is generally held to be one of the most important in Latin America in historical and architectural terms, second only to La Recoleta in Buenos Aires. Prior to the opening of the Colon Cemetery, Havana's dead were laid to rest in the crypts of local churches and then, begin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espada Cemetery
The Espada Cemetery was located in the Barrio of San Lazaro approximately a mile west of the city walls of Havana, Cuba, near the cove of Juan Guillen and close to the Hospital de San Lazaro, Havana, San Lázaro Leper Hospital.Reynolds, Charles B. (1905). Standard Guide to Cuba: A New and Complete Guide to the Island of Cuba'. Foster & Reynolds Co. pp. 70+ In use from 1806 to 1878, the Espada Cemetery was the first public burial place designed and constructed in Havana; prior to the cemetery, the Havana custom had been to bury the dead in the Burial vault (tomb), vaults of the churches such as Iglesia del Espíritu Santo, Havana, Iglesia del Espíritu Santo in Old Havana, Habana Vieja. It was named after the bishop incumbent at the time of design, José Díaz de Espada y Landa. Its boundaries included the present streets of San Lázaro, Vapor, Espada, and Aramburu. Despite being officially called ''Campo Santo'', the people of Havana referred to the cemetery as ''El Cementerio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
