Santiago General Cemetery
The Santiago General Cemetery in Santiago, Chile, is one of the largest cemeteries in Latin America with an estimated two million burials. The cemetery was established in 1821 after Chile's independence when Bernardo O'Higgins inaugurated the Alameda de las Delicias along the old course of the Mapocho River.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Memorial por la diversidad de Chile and Mausoleo José Manuel Balmaceda.
Memorial por la diversidad de Chile
Memorial
Memorial por la diversidad de Chile is situated 110 metres south of Santiago General Cemetery.
Mausoleo José Manuel Balmaceda
Monument
Mausoleo José Manuel Balmaceda is a monument, which is situated 150 metres southwest of Santiago General Cemetery.
Hospital San José
Hospital
Hospital San José is situated 620 metres southwest of Santiago General Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Población Domingo Santa María and Independencia.
Población Domingo Santa María
Neighborhood
Población Domingo Santa María is a neighborhood.
Recoleta
Suburb
Recoleta is a commune in the Province of Santiago in the Santiago Metropolitan Region in Chile.
Santiago General Cemetery
- Cemetery
- Category: burial
- Location
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Latitude
-33.41279° or 33° 24′ 46″ south
Longitude
-70.64863° or 70° 38′ 55″ west
Open location code
47RFH9P2+VG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemetery
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Swedish—“Santiago General Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Սանտիագոյի գերեզմանատուն”
- Basque: “Santiagoko hilerri nagusia”
- Belarusian: “Агульныя могілкі Сант’яга”
- Catalan: “Cementiri General de Santiago”
- Czech: “Obecný hřbitov v Santiagu”
- Danish: “Cementerio General de Santiago”
- Dutch: “Cementerio General de Santiago”
- Esperanto: “ĝenerala tombejo de Santiago”
- French: “cimetière général de Santiago”
- French: “Cimetière général de Santiago”
- Galician: “Cemiterio xeral de Santiago”
- German: “Cementerio General de Chile”
- German: “Cementerio General de Santiago”
- Hebrew: “בית הקברות המרכזי של סנטיאגו דה צ’ילה”
- Japanese: “サンティアゴ総合墓地”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cementerio General de Santiago”
- Polish: “Cmentarz Generalny w Santiago”
- Portuguese: “Cemitério Geral de Santiago”
- Russian: “Общее кладбище Сантьяго”
- Spanish: “Cementerio de Santiago”
- Spanish: “Cementerio General de Santiago de Chile”
- Spanish: “Cementerio General de Santiago”
- Spanish: “Cementerio General”
- Swedish: “Cementerio General de Santiago”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include patio 88 and patio 87.
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