Cementerio de la Almudena
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| Year established | 1884 |
| Location | Madrid |
| Country | Spain |
| Type | Public |
| Number of graves | 5 million |
The Cementerio de Nuestra Señora de La Almudena (English: Our Lady of Almudena Cemetery) is a cemetery in Madrid, Spain. It is the largest in Madrid and one of the largest in Western Europe. The number of persons buried is estimated to be about five million, larger than the population of Madrid itself, since it was the main cemetery for the entire city from 1884 to 1973, and from the 1920s was almost the only one for the majority of the population of Madrid.
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[edit] Notable burials
- Niceto Alcalá-Zamora (1877–1949), president of the Second Spanish Republic
- Vicente Aleixandre (1898–1984), poet, Nobel laureate
- Dámaso Alonso (1898–1990), writer
- Angel de Andrés (1918–2006), actor
- Benito Pérez Galdos (1843–1920), famous Spanish writer
- Luis Barbero (1916–2005), actor
- Pío Baroja (1872–1956), famous Spanish writer
- José Bódalo (1916–1985), actor
- Tullio Carminati (1882–1965), Spanish Hollywood actor
- Julia Caba Alba (1902–1988), actress
- José María Caffarel (1919–1999), actor
- Estrellita Castro (1914–1983), singer, actress
- Salvador Videgain (1886-1957), actor,director and producer of theathre.
- Francisco Alonso (1890-1948), compositor
- Antonia García de Videgain (1850-1924), actress and singer
- Matilde Muñoz Sampedro (1906-1928)
- Antonio Flores (1961–1995), rock musician
- Lola Flores (1923–1995), famous gypsy singer, dancer and actress
- Antonio Garisa (1916–1989), actor
- Irene Gutiérrez Caba (1929–1995), actress
- Julian Marias (1914–2005), philosopher
- Alfredo Mayo (1911–1985), actor
- Jose Martin Mena (1935–2006), illustrator
- Antonio Molina (1928–1992), actor
- Jose Conde Nieves (1911–2006), director
- Juan Carlos Onetti (1909–1994), Uruguayan author
- Luis Peña (1918–1977), actor
- Ángel Picazo (1917–1998), actor
- Emiliano Piedra (1931–1991), film producer
- Mari Carmen Prendes (1906–2002), actress
- Mercedes Prendes (1908–1981), actress
- Federico Romero (1886–1976), poet and librettist
- Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852–1934), scientist, Nobel prize winner
- Olga Ramos (1918–2005), singer
- Aurora Redondo (1900–1996), actress
- Fernando Rey (1917–1994), actor
- Cecilia Sobredo (1948–1976), singer
- Enrique Urquijo (1960–1999), singer
- Frank Yerby (1916–1991), African-American novelist
[edit] External links
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