Cementerio del Buceo is a cemetery in

Montevideo Montevideo (, ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2023 census, the city proper has a population of 1,302,954 (about 37.2% of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...

Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...

. It was established in 1872. It is located in the ''barrio'' of

Buceo Buceo is a ''barrio'' (neighbourhood or district) in Montevideo, Uruguay. Buceo borders Pocitos and Villa Dolores to the west, Parque Batlle, Unión and Malvín Norte to the north, Malvín to the east and the coastline to the south. Descript ...

, near the shores of the

Río de la Plata The Río de la Plata (; ), also called the River Plate or La Plata River in English, is the estuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguay River and the Paraná River at Punta Gorda, Colonia, Punta Gorda. It empties into the Atlantic Ocean and ...

. Nearby is the British Cemetery.

Notable burials

* Rafael Barradas (1890–1929) painter *

Esteban Echeverría José Esteban Antonio Echeverría (2 September 1805 – 19 January 1851) was an Argentine poet, fiction writer, cultural promoter, and liberal activist who played a significant role in the development of Argentine literature, not only thro ...

(1805–1851) writer, poet and political figure * Pedro Cubilla (1933–2007) professional football player and coach *

Juan José de Amézaga Juan José de Amézaga Landaroso (January 28, 1881 – August 21, 1956) was a Uruguayan political figure and 28th President of Uruguay. Background Amézaga was a prominent member of the Colorado Party, which ruled the country for long peri ...

(1881–1956) President of Uruguay *

Juan Pablo Rebella Juan Pablo Rebella (born 1974, in Montevideo – died July 5, 2006) was a Uruguayan film director and screenwriter. Biography He attended the Catholic University of Uruguay where he studied social communication. In 2004 Rebella and Stoll rel ...

(1974–2006) motion picture director *

Juan Alberto Schiaffino Juan Alberto "Pepe" Schiaffino Villalba (; 28 July 1925 – 13 November 2002) was a Uruguayan football player who played as an attacking midfielder or forward. A highly skilful and creative playmaker, at club level, he played for Peñarol in U ...

(1925–2002) footballer *

Luisel Ramos Luisel Ramos Arregui (April 12, 1984 – August 2, 2006) was a Uruguayan model. Biography Early life Ramos was born in La Unión, a middle-class neighborhood in Montevideo, the daughter of former footballer Luis Ramos, who played for the U ...

(1984–2006) model

References

External links

Cementerio del Buceo
* {{Cemeteries in Uruguay Cemeteries in Montevideo 1872 establishments in Uruguay Buceo