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.Photo: Pepoideas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Memorial por la diversidad de Chile and San Jose Hospital.
Memorial por la diversidad de Chile
Memorial
Memorial por la diversidad de Chile is situated 110 metres south of Santiago General Cemetery.
San Jose Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Carlos yo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
San Jose Hospital is situated 620 metres southwest of Santiago General Cemetery.
Memorial for the Disappeared
Memorial
Photo: Paul Lowry, CC BY 2.0.
The Memorial for the Disappeared is a memorial wall at the entrance to Santiago General Cemetery in Santiago, Chile, commemorating the 3,000 people disappeared or murdered following the 1973 Chilean coup d'état. Memorial for the Disappeared is situated 380 metres east of Santiago General Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Independencia and Recoleta.
Independencia
Suburb
Photo: Carlos yo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Independencia is a commune of Chile, situated in the Santiago Province of the Santiago Metropolitan Region. The commune's main thoroughfare is Independencia Avenue. It has a population of 116,943.
Recoleta
Suburb
Photo: jofwooster, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Recoleta is a commune of Chile in the Santiago Province. It is located north of Santiago Centro directly across the Mapocho River. The commune also bordered by Independencia and Conchalí to its west, Huechuraba to its north and Providencia and Vitacura to its east where the San Cristóbal Hill forms a natural barrier.
Barrio Patronato
Neighborhood
Photo: TomasVial, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Barrio Patronato is a traditional neighborhood in Recoleta, Santiago, Chile. It is bounded by Avenida Recoleta from the west, Bellavista Street from the south, Loreto Street from the east, and Dominica street from the north.
Santiago General Cemetery
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery
- Category: burial
- Location: Recoleta, Santiago province, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile, South America
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Latitude
-33.41279° or 33° 24′ 46″ southLongitude
-70.64863° or 70° 38′ 55″ westOpen location code
47RFH9P2+VGOpenStreetMap ID
way 197839099OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q1053309
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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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