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Panteón De Belén
Panteón de Belén (also Santa Paula Cemetery) is a historic cemetery located in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico. The cemetery is a site of legends and night tours. It opened in 1848 and was formally closed for burials in 1896. It remains open to the public for both daytime and evening tours. History Until the construction of the Rotonda de los Jaliscienses Ilustres the cemetery housed the memorial for major historic figures from Jalisco. Its original name was Santa Paula Cemetery and it was a project by Fray Antonio Alcalde Barriga, Antonio Alcalde. Guadalajara suffered of a large number of epidemics and the conventional hospitals were unable to support the demand for medical attention. In 1737, the Spanish crown requested to the Oidor Marqués de Altamira Don Juan Rodríguez de Albuerne, information about the number of patients at the Betlemitas Hospital. On March 8, 1751, the crown granted permission to relocate the hospital. King Ferdinand VI requested the bluepri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cemetery
A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a burial ground and originally applied to the Roman catacombs. The term ''graveyard'' is often used interchangeably with cemetery, but a graveyard primarily refers to a burial ground within a churchyard. The intact or cremated remains of people may be interred in a grave, commonly referred to as burial, or in a tomb, an "above-ground grave" (resembling a sarcophagus), a mausoleum, columbarium, niche, or other edifice. In Western cultures, funeral ceremonies are often observed in cemeteries. These ceremonies or rites of passage differ according to cultural practices and religious beliefs. Modern cemeteries often include crematoria, and some grounds previously used for both, continue as crematoria as a principal use long after the interment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
