Central Cemetery of Bogotá

Central Cemetery of Bogotá

Details
Year established	1836
Country	Colombia
Location	Bogotá
Coordinates	4°36′59″N 74°4′31″W
Type	Public

Central Cemetery of Bogotá (Spanish: Cementerio Central de Bogotá) is one of the main and most famous cemeteries in Colombia located in Bogotá. Houses several national heroes, poets and former Colombian presidents. It was opened in 1836 and was declared National Monument in 1984. Some of the sculptors of the mausoleums are Tenerani and Sighinolfi.

Notable interments

• Julio Garavito - Astronomer
• Rafael Pombo - Poet and writer
• José Asunción Silva - Poet and writer
• León de Greiff - Poet and Writer
• Soledad Acosta - Writer and journalist
• Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada - Founder of Bogota
• Francisco de Paula Santander - First constitutional Colombian president
• Luis Carlos Galán - Former candidate for presidency
• Virgilio Barco Vargas - Former president
• Alfonso López Michelsen - Politician and former president
• Enrique Olaya - Politician and former president
• Laureano Gómez - Politician and former president
• Gustavo Rojas - Former president
• Rafael Reyes - Former president
• Eduardo Santos - Former president
• Miguel Abadía Méndez - Former president
• Marco Fidel Suárez - Former president
• Manuel Murillo Toro - Former president
• Santos Acosta - Former president
• José Ignacio de Márquez - Former president
• Santiago Pérez - Former president

Cenotaph of Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada at Central Cemetery.

• Rafael Uribe Uribe - Politician and statesman
• José Fernández Madrid - Scientist, writer and statesman
• Gilberto Alzate Avendaño - Former ambassador to Spain
• Miguel Antonio Caro - Former president
• Alfonso López Pumarejo - Former president
• Jaime Pardo Leal - Former candidate for presidency
• Carlos Pizarro - Former candidate for presidency
• Álvaro Gómez Hurtado - Former candidate for presidency
• Leo Siegfried Kopp - Founder of the Bavaria Beer Company
• Oreste Sindici - Composer of the National Anthem of Colombia
• Marcelin Gilibert - Founder of the National Police of Colombia

Further reading

• (Spanish) Calvo Isaza, Oscar Iván (1998), El Cementerio Central: Bogotá, la vida urbana y la muerte. Bogotá: Tercer Milenio Ediciones. ISBN 958-601-747-8
• (Spanish) Escovar Wilson-White, Alberto (2003), Guía del Cementerio Central de Bogotá. Bogotá: Alcaldía Mayor de Bogotá, Corporación La Candelaria. ISBN 958-334-286-6

External links

• Central Cemetery of Bogota photos and information
• Central Cemetery of Bogota page (Spanish)