Cementerio de la Almudena
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The Cementerio de la Almudena is the largest cemetery in Madrid, and one of the largest in Western Europe. Indeed, the number of its "inhabitants" (probably around five million) now surpasses that of Madrid, since it was the main cemetery for the entire city from 1884 to 1973, and from the 1920s was almost the only one for the majority of the population of Madrid.
An interesting difference between La Almudena and other cemeteries in Western Europe is the surprising lack of knowledge of Madrid citizens about its cemetery compared with Paris or London.
A few of the famous buried in the La Almudena Cemetery are:
- Niceto Alcalá-Zamora (1877-1949), president of Spain
- Vicente Aleixandre (1898-1984), poet, Nobel laureate
- Dámaso Alonso (1898-1990), writer
- Angel de Andres (1918-2006), actor
- Luis Barbero (1916-2005), actor
- José Bódalo (1916-1985), actor
- Tullio Carminati (1882-1965), hollywood spanish actor
- Julia Caba Alba (1902-1988), actress
- José María Caffarel (1919-1999), actor
- Estrellita Castro (1914-1983), singer, actress
- Antonio Flores (1961-1995), rock musician
- Lola Flores (1923-1995), actress
- Antonio Garisa (1916-1989), actor
- Irene Gutiérrez Caba (1929-1995), actress
- Julian Marias (1914-2005), philosopher
- Alfredo Mayo (1911-1985), actor
- Jose Martin Mena (1935-2006), illustrator
- Antonio Molina (1928-1992), actor
- Jose Conde Nieves (1911-2006), director
- Juan Carlos Onetti (1909-1994), Uruguayan author
- Luis Peña (1918-1977), actor
- Ángel Picazo (1917-1998), actor
- Emiliano Piedra (1931-1991), film producer
- Mari Carmen Prendes (1906-2002), actress
- Mercedes Prendes (1908-1981), actress
- Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852-1934), scientist, Nobel prize winner
- Olga Ramos (1918-2005), singer
- Aurora Redondo (1900-1996), actress
- Fernando Rey (1917-1994), actor
- Cecilia Sobredo (1948-1976), singer
- Enrique Urquijo (1960-1999), singer
- Frank Yerby (1916-1991), African-American novelist
see also: List of famous cemeteries
