The Colón Cemetery began to be built in October 1871 and was inaugurated in 1886, although the idea arose long before, when in 1854 the Governor Marqués de la Pezuela thought of building a new cemetery to replace the old cemetery of Espada. It is currently the main cemetery in Havana and very popular thanks to its lavish monuments made of Carrara marble, granite and stained glass. This cemetery is the resting place of important personalities of the country.
The Colón Cemetery is visited each year by thousands of tourists and they even have an office that offers guided tours. The access will leave you in awe, as it exhibits a huge Carrara marble sculpture that represents the theological virtues, with a height of almost 22 meters. and 34 mts. long, the work of the Cuban artist José Vilalta de Saavedra. Inside the cemetery you will see two huge avenues called Obispo de Espada and Cristóbal Colón and it has blocks, streets and lots.
Many of the pantheons built there are a replica of the mansions of their owners, with domes, arches and a large number of stained glass windows. The Colón Cemetery in Havana is the only one in America dedicated to Christopher Columbus. You should not miss the set of sculptures that represents a group of firefighters who died in 1890 while serving, where you can see their faces very clearly. It has 10 meters. high and is the work of the Spanish Querol.
Despite the large number of important and ancient graves, the most popular is that of the so-called La Milagrosa , Amelia Goire de la Hoz, a high-class lady to whom supernatural powers are attributed after her death, when she was almost pregnant. to term in 1901. The legend says that after 10 years of being buried with her baby at her feet, when she opened the grave the body was intact and the baby was in her arms. Since then thousands of people have visited her requesting her help and leaving flowers on her grave in gratitude.
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