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Recoleta Cemetery
Cementerio de la Recoleta


Details
Established	1842
Location	Recoleta, Asunción
Country	Paraguay
Coordinates	25°17′34″S 57°35′22″W / 25.29273°S 57.58938°W / -25.29273; -57.58938
Find a Grave	Recoleta Cemetery

La Recoleta Cemetery (Spanish: Cementerio de la Recoleta) is a national cemetery located on the Avenue Mariscal López, Recoleta, Asunción, Paraguay. It contains the graves of notable people, including presidents of Paraguay.^[1]

History

The cemetery dates from 1842, on the site of a Franciscan Recollets convent, nationalised by José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia who had appointed himself head of the Paraguayan Church.^[2]

Notable interments

Tomb of Eliza Alicia Lynch at the Recoleta Cemetery in Asuncion

Augusto Roa Bastos (1917 – 2005), author
León Cadogan (1899 – 1973), ethnologist
Alejandro Guanes (1872 – 1925), poet and journalist
Hermann Guggiari (1924 – 2012), engineer and sculptor
Eliza Lynch (1833 – 1886), First Lady of Paraguay
Ananías Maidana (1923 – 2010), teacher and politician
Epifanio Méndez Fleitas (1917 – 1985), musician, writer and poet
Fulgencio R. Moreno (1872 – 1933), journalist
Luis Alberto del Paraná (1926 – 1974), singer and guitarist
Marcelo Pecci (1976 – 2022), anti-drug and organized crime prosecutor^[3]
María Odulia Nicola Ruotti (1922 – 2006), singer and composer
Pascual Urdapilleta (1780 - 1856), architect
William Henry Keld Whytehead (1825 – 1865), engineer-in-chief to the Government of Paraguay^[4]
Roque Vallejos (1943 - 2006), poet, psychiatrist and essayist

Presidents

Patricio Escobar (1843 – 1912), 10th President of Paraguay
Juan Gualberto González (1851 – 1912), 11th President of Paraguay
Emilio Aceval (1853 – 1931), 14th President of Paraguay
Andrés Héctor Carvallo (1862 – 1934) , 15th President of Paraguay
Juan Antonio Escurra (1859 – 1929), 16th President of Paraguay
Cecilio Báez (1862 – 1941), 18th President of Paraguay
Emiliano González Navero (1861 – 1934), 20th President of Paraguay
Pedro Peña (1864 – 1943), 24th President of Paraguay
Eduardo Schaerer (1873 – 1941), 25th President of Paraguay
Luis Alberto Riart (1880 – 1953), 31st President of Paraguay
José Patricio Guggiari (1884 – 1957), 32nd President of Paraguay
Rafael Franco (1896 – 1973), 32nd President of Paraguay
Higinio Morínigo (1897 – 1983), 35th President of Paraguay
Juan Manuel Frutos (1879 – 1960), 36th President of Paraguay
Raimundo Rolón (1903 – 1981), 38th President of Paraguay
Felipe Molas López (1901 – 1954), 39th President of Paraguay
Federico Chávez (1882 – 1978), 40th President of Paraguay

Gallery

References

^ "Cementerio de la Recoleta, Asuncion". Retrieved 1 November 2022.
^ "Cementerio de la Recoleta". Petit Futé. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
^ "Murdered Paraguayan Prosecutor laid to rest". MercoPress. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
^ "William K. Whytehead". Grace's Guide. Retrieved 7 November 2022.

External links

Cementerio La Recoleta Municipality of Asunción
Cementerio de la Recoleta BillionGraves

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