Panteón Jardín
| Panteón Jardín | |
|---|---|
 Panteón Jardín entrance | |
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| Details | |
| Established | October 1941 |
| Location | |
| Country | Mexico |
| Coordinates | 19°21′02″N 99°12′38″W / 19.3504937°N 99.21045732°W |
| Type | Private, non-denominational |
| Size | 60 hectares (150 acres) |
| Find a Grave | Panteón Jardín |
Panteón Jardín ("Garden Cemetery") is a cemetery in Mexico City in which several notable people are interred. It is located in the southwest of the city, betwen the San Ángel and Olivar de los Padres boroughs.[1][2][3][4][5]
It is a garden cemetery, built in what used to be the outskirts of the city in the 1930s. It's wide central boulevard leads to a small hill in the back.[6] It's near 150 acres are used mostly for Catholic burials, but has a special section for Jewish ones, called La Fraternidad (The Fraternity). Since 1946, another section belongs to the National Association of Actors (National Association of Actors), used mainly for actors and actresses.[7] It has a capacity of 85,000 graves.[1] It's non-denominational, and even as a private cemetery, it's open to the public.
Notable people buried here are artists, musicians, actors and actresses, politicians and presidents. This makes it a tourist attraction and pilgrimage site for the fans of popular culture Mexican actors, specially from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, like Pedro Infante[8][9], Jorge Negrete and Pedro Armendariz.[10] Every April 15th, a multitude of up to 7,000 people come to the grave of Pedro Infante paying homage to the beloved actor, bringing flowers and photos, playing music with mariachis and riding motorcycles.[11][12]
Notable burials
Artists
- Álvaro Carrillo
- Alfonso Esparza Oteo
- Dalla Husband
- Luis Cernuda
- Mercedes Pinto
- Remedios Varo
- Tomás Méndez
Actors
- Amalia Aguilar
- Andrés Soler
- Arturo de Córdova
- Blanca Estela Pavón
- Carlos López Moctezuma
- David Silva (actor)
- Domingo Soler
- Elvira Quintana
- Enrique Rambal
- Esperanza Iris
- Fanny Cano
- Fernando Soto «Mantequilla»
- Francisco Avitia «El Charro»
- Germán Valdés «Tin-Tán»
- Gonzalo Vega
- Javier Solís
- Joaquín Pardavé
- Jorge Negrete
- Julián Soler
- Luis Arcaraz
- Manuel Noriega Ruiz
- Mercedes Soler
- Miguel Aceves Mejía
- Ninón Sevilla
- Norma Angélica Ladrón de Guevara
- Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo
- Pedro Armendariz
- Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
- Pedro Infante
- Ramón Valdés «Don Ramón»
- Salvador Flores Rivera «Chava Flores»
- Toña la Negra
Other
- Adolfo López Mateos and his wife Eva Sámano - Former Mexican president and First Lady[13]
- Guillermo González Camarena - Inventor of a type of color television[2]
- Gustavo Díaz Ordaz - Former Mexican president[14]
- José Miguel Noguera - Football player
- Kingo Nonaka
References
- ^ a b Hinerman, Nate; Glahn, Julia Apollonia (2012). The Presence of the Dead in Our Lives. Rodopi.
- ^ a b "Panteón Jardín de México" [Garden Cemetery of Mexico] (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ Gutierrez, Gabriela (26 March 2013). "Tumbas de famosos, alternativa de turismo" [Celebrities graves, an alternative to tourism] (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ Blanco, David C. (30 April 2005). "Panteón Jardín: el cementerio estelar de México" [Garden Cemetery, the stellar graveyard of Mexico] (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ "Panteón Jardín: el cementerio donde descansan los ídolos mexicanos" [Garden Cemetery, where mexican idols rest] (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ Joseph, Gilbert M. (2001). Fragments of a Golden Age: The Politics of Culture in Mexico Since 1940. Duke University Press.
- ^ "Profanan la tumba de Jorge Negrete" [The graveyard of Jorge Negrete is desacrated] (in Spanish). June 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ Avendaño, Reyna (15 April 2018). "The day a country sang in mourning". El Universal. Mexico City, Mexico. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ Beezley, William H.; Curcio-Nagy, Linda A. (2011). Latin American Popular Culture since Independence: An Introduction. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
- ^ "Famosos descansan entre el recuerdo y el olvido en el Panteón Jardín" [Celebrities rest between remembered and forgotten] (in Spanish). 1 January 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ Joliet, François (15 April 2014). "Entre canciones y aplausos recuerdan a Pedro Infante en panteón Jardín" [Between songs and hand clapping, Pedro Infante is remembered at Garden Cemetary] (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ "Panteón Jardín, el lugar donde descansa Pedro Infante" [Garden Cemetery, where Pedro Infante rests] (in Spanish). 14 April 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ "Biografía: López Mateos, Adolfo" [Biography: López Mateos, Adolfo] (in Spanish). 19 July 2019. Retrieved 17 Jun 2022.
- ^ "La tumba de aquel presidente" [The grave of that president] (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 May 2022.
External links
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