Colon Cemetery, Havana
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el Cementerio de Cristóbal Colón
Colon Cemetery Havana entrance.jpg
Main Gate (2007).
Details
Established 1876
Location Vedado, Havana
Country Cuba
Size 140 acres (57 ha)
Number of graves 800,000
Number of interments over 1 million
One of the many elaborate mausoleums inside the Colon Cemetery, Havana, Cuba
Main cemetery chapel located in the center of the cemetery
The northern main gate of the Colon Cemetery (Cementerio Cristóbal Colón) without the statues which were placed on the top in 1901
The Colon Cemetery, or more fully in the Spanish language Cementerio de Cristóbal Colón, was founded in 1876 in the Vedado neighbourhood of Havana, Cuba on top of Espada Cemetery. Named for Christopher Columbus, the 140 acre (57 ha) cemetery is noted for its many elaborately sculpted memorials. It is estimated that today the cemetery has more than 500 major mausoleums, chapels, and family vaults.