Cementerio de la Almudena

The Cementerio de Nuestra Señora de La Almudena (English: Our Lady of Almudena Cemetery) is a cemetery in Madrid, Spain. It is the largest in Madrid and one of the largest in Western Europe. The number of people buried is estimated to be about five million, larger than the population of Madrid itself, 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.

View of the cemetery buildings.

Chapel.

Notable burials

• Niceto Alcalá-Zamora (1877–1949), politician, president of the Second Spanish Republic
• Vicente Aleixandre (1898–1984), poet, Nobel laureate
• Dámaso Alonso (1898–1990), writer
• Francisco Alonso (1890-1948), composer
• José María Alvira (1864-1938), composer
• Ángel de Andrés (1918–2006), actor and theatre director
• Luis Barbero (1916–2005), actor
• Pío Baroja (1872–1956), writer
• José Bódalo (1916–1985), actor
• Julia Caba Alba (1902–1988), actress
• José María Caffarel (1919–1999), actor
• Estrellita Castro (1914–1983), singer and actress
• Alfredo Di Stéfano (1926–2014), footballer
• Antonio Flores (1961–1995), rock musician
• Lola Flores (1923–1995), singer, dancer and actress
• Jean Laurent (1816–1886), photographer
• Julián Marías (1914–2005), philosopher
• Fernando Martín (1962–1989), basketball player
• Alfredo Mayo (1911–1985), actor
• José Millán-Astray (1879–1954), soldier
• Lina Morgan (1936–2015), actress and showgirl
• Matilde Muñoz Sampedro (1906-1928) actress
• Juan Carlos Onetti (1909–1994), writer
• Emma Penella (1931–2007), actress
• Luis Peña (1918–1977), actor
• Benito Pérez Galdós (1843–1920), writer
• Ángel Picazo (1917–1998), actor
• Emiliano Piedra (1931–1991), film producer
• Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852–1934), scientist, Nobel prize laureate
• Fernando Rey (1917–1994), actor
• Federico Romero (1886–1976), poet and essayist
• José Sazatornil (1925–2015), actor
• Evangelina Sobredo (1948–1976), singer
• Enrique Urquijo (1960–1999), singer
• Frank Yerby (1916–1991), novelist

References

• Death of Vicente Aleixandre (Nobel) elpais.com/diario/1984/12/15/cultura/471913203_850215.html
• dates of Cementerio
• Death of Fernando Rey elpais.com/diario/1994/03/12/cultura/763426814_850215.html
• Death of Aurora Redondo elpais.com/diario/1996/07/11/cultura/837036010_850215.html and
• Death of Mary Carmen Prendes www.lavozdegalicia.es/hemeroteca/2002/01/27/932867.html

External links

• Our Lady of Almudena from Paths of the Dead

Media related to Cementerio de la Almudena at Wikimedia Commons

• Cementerio de la Almudena at GoogleMaps

Coordinates: 40°25′10″N 3°38′26″W / 40.41935°N 3.64059°W / 40.41935; -3.64059