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Revision as of 13:47, 13 June 2015
| Cemitério da Consolação | |
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| Established | 15 August 1858 |
| Location | Rua da Consolação, 1660 São Paulo |
| Country | Brazil |
| Coordinates | 23°33′4″S 46°39′24″W / 23.55111°S 46.65667°W |
Cemitério da Consolação is a cemetery in São Paulo, Brazil. Located along the north side of Rua da Consolação in the district of Consolação, it was founded in 15 August 1858, with the name of Cemitério Municipal, being the city's first public graveyard.[1]
The cemetery is known by its pieces of funerary art,[2] with graves, statues and mausoleums built and sculpted by artists such as Victor Brecheret, Ramos de Azevedo, Luigi Brizzolara and Galileo Emendabili.
Notable burials
The cemetery houses the tombs of notable figures of São Paulo and Brazilian history. Some of them are:
- Tarsila do Amaral, artist
- Mario de Andrade, writer
- Oswald de Andrade, writer
- Ademar de Barros, politician
- Domitila de Castro, Marchioness of Santos
- Monteiro Lobato, writer
- Washington Luis, Brazilian president
- Antonio de Alcântara Machado
- Count Francesco Matarazzo, Italian-Brazilian businessman
- Campos Sales, Brazilian president
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cemitério da Consolação.
- ^ Piza, Paulo Toledo (15 August 2008). "Cemitério da Consolação, marco histórico e turístico de SP, completa 150 anos". Folha de S. Paulo. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
- ^ Rodrigues, Robson. "Cemitério da Consolação". Cidade de São Paulo. Retrieved 7 July 2014.