The Cemitério da Consolação is a cemetery in
São Paulo
São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...
, Brazil. Located along the north side of the Rua da Consolação in the district of
Consolação, it was founded on 15 August 1858, with the name of Cemitério Municipal, being the city's first public graveyard.
The cemetery is known by its pieces of
funerary art
Funerary art is any work of art forming, or placed in, a repository for the remains of the death, dead. The term encompasses a wide variety of forms, including cenotaphs ("empty tombs"), tomb-like monuments which do not contain human remains, a ...
, with graves, statues and mausoleums built and sculpted by artists such as
Victor Brecheret,
Ramos de Azevedo,
Luigi Brizzolara and
Galileo Emendabili.
Notable burials
The cemetery houses the tombs of notable figures of São Paulo and Brazilian history. Some of them are:
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Tarsila do Amaral, artist
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Mario de Andrade, writer
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Oswald de Andrade
José Oswald de Souza Andrade (January 11, 1890 – October 22, 1954) was a Brazilian poet, novelist and cultural critic. He was born in, spent most of his life in, and died in São Paulo.
Andrade was one of the founders of Brazilian modernism ...
, writer
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Ademar de Barros, politician
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Maria Bueno
Maria Esther Andion Bueno (11 October 1939 – 8 June 2018) was a Brazilian professional tennis player. During her 11-year career in the 1950s and 1960s, she won 19 Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major titles (seven in women's singles, 11 in w ...
, tennis player
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Domitila de Castro, Marchioness of Santos, noblewoman and royal mistress
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José da Costa Carvalho, Marquis of Monte Alegre, Prime Minister of Brazil
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Alexandre Levy, pianist, composer and conductor
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Monteiro Lobato, writer
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Washington Luis, 13th
President of Brazil
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Antonio de Alcântara Machado, journalist, politician and writer
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Count Francesco Matarazzo, Italian Brazilian businessman
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Olívia Guedes Penteado, art patron and philanthropist
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Campos Sales, 4th President of Brazil
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cemiterio da Consolacao
1858 establishments in Brazil
Cemeteries in São Paulo