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- Notable interments
- References
- Further reading
- External links
{{Infobox cemetery |name = Central Cemetery of Bogotá |image = Portada Cementerio.jpg |imagesize =230px |caption = |established = 1836 |country = Colombia |location = Bogotá |coordinates = {{Coord|4|36|59|N|74|4|31|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} |type = Public |owner = |size = |graves= |website = |findagrave = |political = }}Central Cemetery of Bogotá (Spanish: {{lang|es|Cementerio Central de Bogotá}}) is one of the main and most famous cemeteries in Colombia located in Bogotá. Houses several national heroes, poets and former Colombian presidents. It was opened in 1836 and was declared National Monument in 1984. Some of the sculptors of the mausoleums are Tenerani and Sighinolfi. Notable interments- Miguel Abadía Méndez – Former president
- Santos Acosta – Former president
- Soledad Acosta – Writer and journalist
- Rafael Almansa – Venerated Catholic priest
- Gilberto Alzate Avendaño – Former ambassador to Spain
- José Asunción Silva – poet and writer
- Virgilio Barco Vargas – Former president
- Miguel Antonio Caro – Former president
- José Vicente Concha - Former president
- José Fernández Madrid – Scientist, writer and statesman
- Luis Carlos Galán – Former candidate for presidency
- Julio Garavito – astronomer
- Álvaro Gómez Hurtado – Former candidate for presidency
- Laureano Gómez – Former president
- León de Greiff – poet and Writer
- Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada – Founder of Bogota
- Leo Siegfried Kopp – Founder of the Bavaria Beer Company
- Alfonso López Michelsen – Former president
- Alfonso López Pumarejo - Former President
- Jean Marie Marcelin Gilibert – Founder of the National Police of Colombia
- José Ignacio de Márquez – Former president
- Manuel Murillo Toro – Former president
- Enrique Olaya – Former president
- Jaime Pardo Leal – Former candidate for presidency
- Francisco de Paula Santander – First constitutional Colombian president
- Santiago Pérez – Former president
- Carlos Pizarro – Former candidate for presidency
- Rafael Pombo – poet and writer
- Rafael Reyes – Former president
- Hena Rodríguez - sculptor[1]
- Gustavo Rojas – Former president
- Eustorgio Salgar Moreno - Former president
- Eduardo Santos – Former president
- Oreste Sindici – Composer of the National Anthem of Colombia
- Marco Fidel Suárez – Former president
- Rafael Uribe Uribe – Politician and statesman
References1. ^{{cite news|author=|title=Murió la Escultora Hena Rodríguez|url=http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-510742|publisher=El Tiempo|accessdate=22 June 2017|location=Bogotá, Colombia|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622231215/http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-510742|archivedate=22 June 2017|language=Spanish|date=18 April 1997|trans-title=Death of Sculptor Hena Rodríguez}}
Further reading- {{es icon}} Calvo Isaza, Oscar Iván (1998), El Cementerio Central: Bogotá, la vida urbana y la muerte. Bogotá: Tercer Milenio Ediciones. {{ISBN|958-601-747-8}}
- {{es icon}} Escovar Wilson-White, Alberto (2003), Guía del Cementerio Central de Bogotá. Bogotá: Alcaldía Mayor de Bogotá, Corporación La Candelaria. {{ISBN|958-33-4286-6}}
External links{{commons category|Cementerio Central de Bogotá}}- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100328130420/http://www.bogotabiketours.com/2009/10/28/central-cementery/ Central Cemetery of Bogota photos and information]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928025213/http://www.segobdis.gov.co/martires/cementerio.htm Central Cemetery of Bogota page] {{es icon}}
- Cementerio Central at Find a Grave
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