Central Cemetery of Bogotá (

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: ) is one of the main and most famous cemeteries in

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the ...

located in

Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the larges ...

. 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.

Pavilion of the Presidents and First Ladies

The cemetery has been the site of many funerals and burials. The presidents buried in the pavilion of the presidents: Callejon expresidentes

Central wing

* Francisco de Paula Santander – First constitutional Colombian president *

Miguel Abadía Méndez Miguel Abadía Méndez (June 5, 1867 – May 9, 1947) was the 12th President of Colombia (1926–1930). A Conservative party politician, Abadía was the last president of the period known as the Conservative Hegemony, running unopposed and fo ...

– Former president * Santos Acosta – Former president * Miguel Antonio Caro – Former president *

Laureano Gómez Laureano Eleuterio Gómez Castro (20 February 1889 – 13 July 1965) was a Colombian politician and civil engineer who served as the 18th President of Colombia from 1950 to 1953. In November 1951 poor health led him to cede presidential pow ...

– Former president *

José Ignacio de Márquez José Ignacio de Márquez Barreto (7 September 1793 – 21 March 1880) was a Colombian statesman, lawyer and professor, who first served as Vice President of the Republic of the New Granada after being sworn in by congress in 1832, and unde ...

– Former president *

Rafael Reyes Rafael Reyes Prieto (December 5, 1849 – February 18, 1921) was a Colombian politician and soldier who was the Chief of Staff of the Colombian National Army and President of Colombia (1904–1909).Gobernantes Colombianos, Ignacio Arismendi Po ...

– Former president * Eustorgio Salgar Moreno - Former president * Eduardo Santos – Former president

Right wing

* Santiago Pérez – Former president *

José Vicente Concha José Vicente Concha Ferreira (April 21, 1867 – December 8, 1929) was a Colombian politician who served as President of Colombia from 1914 to 1918. He was also a noted member of the Colombian Conservative Party.Arismendi Posada, Ignacio; ''Gobe ...

- Former president * Alfonso López Pumarejo - Former president * María Michelsen Lombana - First Lady * Alfonso López Michelsen – Former president * Cecilia Caballero Blanco - First lady *

Marco Fidel Suárez Marco Fidel Suárez (April 23, 1855 – April 3, 1927) was a Colombian political figure. He served as president of Colombia from 1918 to 1921. He was born on April 23, 1855, in the town of Hatoviejo, Antioquia. His parents were Rosalía Suárez ...

– Former president *

Carlos Lleras Restrepo Carlos Alberto Lleras Restrepo (12 April 1908 – 27 September 1994) was a Colombian politician and lawyer who served the 22nd President of Colombia from 1966 to 1970. Biographic data Lleras was born in Bogotá, on 12 April 1908. He was the ...

- Former president *

Cecilia de la Fuente de Lleras Cecilia de la Fuente de Lleras (7 October 1916 – 2 March 2004; Cecilia de la Fuente Cortés) ODB She was the first lady of Colombia between 1966 and 1970, for having been married to the president of the time, Carlos Lleras Restrepo. She was c ...

- First lady * Gustavo Rojas – Former president *

Virgilio Barco Vargas Virgilio Barco Vargas (17 September 1921 – 20 May 1997) was a Colombian politician and civil engineer who served as the 27th President of Colombia serving from 7 August 1986 to 7 August 1990. Early life Barco was born in Cúcuta in the Nort ...

– Former president * Carolina Isakson - First lady

Left wing

Manuel Murillo Toro Manuel Murillo Toro (January 1, 1816–December 26, 1880) was a Colombian statesman who served as President of the United States of Colombia (present day Colombia) on two occasions, first from 1864 to 1866, and again between 1872 and 1874.Ar ...

– Former president *

Enrique Olaya Enrique Alfredo Olaya Herrera (12 November 1880 – 18 February 1937) was a Colombian journalist and politician. He served as President of Colombia from 7 August 1930 until 7 August 1934 representing the Colombian Liberal Party. Early years ...

– Former president *

Misael Pastrana Borrero Misael Eduardo Pastrana Borrero (14 November 1923 – 21 August 1997) was a Colombian politician and lawyer who served as the 23rd President of Colombia from 1970 to 1974. He was also the father of the 30th President Andrés Pastrana Arango. ...

- Former president * María Cristina Arango - First lady

Notable interments

Soledad Acosta Soledad Acosta Kemble (5 May 1833 – 17 March 1913) was a Colombian writer and journalist. A sophisticated, well-travelled, and social woman, she received a much higher and better rounded education than most women of her time and country, and ...

– Writer and journalist *

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– Venerated Catholic priest * Gilberto Alzate Avendaño – Former ambassador to Spain *

José Asunción Silva José Asunción Silva (27 November 1865 in Bogotá – 23 May 1896 in Bogotá) was a Colombian poet. He is considered one of the founders of Latin American Modernismo. Life Born to a wealthy and educated Bogotá family, Asunción Silva led a c ...

– poet and writer *

– Former president * Miguel Antonio Caro – Former president *

- Former president *

José Fernández Madrid José Luis Álvaro Alvino Fernández Madrid (February 19, 1789 – June 28, 1830) was a Neogranadine statesman, physician, scientist and writer, who was President of the interim triumvirate of the United Provinces of New Granada in 1814, and Pr ...

– Scientist, writer and statesman * Luis Carlos Galán – Former candidate for presidency * Julio Garavito – astronomer * Álvaro Gómez Hurtado – Former candidate for presidency *

– Former president *

León de Greiff Francisco de Asís León Bogislao de Greiff Haeusler (July 22, 1895 – July 11, 1976), was a Colombian poet known for his stylistic innovations and deliberately eclectic use of obscure lexicon. Best known simply as León de Greiff, he often use ...

– poet and Writer *

Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada y Rivera, also spelled as Ximénez and De Quezada, (;1496 16 February 1579) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador in northern South America, territories currently known as Colombia. He explored the territory named ...

– Founder of Bogota Cenotaph Jimenez

* Leo Siegfried Kopp – Founder of the Bavaria Beer Company * Nepomuceno Matallana- serial killer * Alfonso López Michelsen – Former president * Alfonso López Pumarejo - Former President *

Jean Marie Marcelin Gilibert Jean Marie Marcelin Gilibert, also known as Juan Maria Marcelino Gilibert (24 February 1839, in Fustignac, France – 11 September 1923, in Bogotá, Colombia), was a French Commissioner in the French Gendarmerie. He was sent to Colombia as par ...

– Founder of the National Police of Colombia *

– Former president *

Jaime Pardo Leal Jaime Pardo Leal (March 28, 1941 October 11, 1987) was a Colombian lawyer, union leader, and politician, who ran as candidate of the Patriotic Union party for the presidency of Colombia in the 1986 elections, and was later assassinated. Biog ...

– Former candidate for presidency * Francisco de Paula Santander – First constitutional Colombian president * Santiago Pérez – Former president *

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– Former candidate for presidency *

Rafael Pombo José Rafael de Pombo y Rebolledo (November 7, 1833 – May 5, 1912) was a Colombian poet born in Bogotá. Trained as a mathematician and an engineer in a military school, Rafael Pombo served in the army and he traveled to the United States of Ame ...

– poet and writer * Hena Rodríguez - sculptor * Gustavo Rojas – Former president * Eustorgio Salgar Moreno - Former president * Eduardo Santos – Former president * Oreste Sindici – Composer of the National Anthem of Colombia *

– Former president * Rafael Uribe Uribe – Politician and statesman

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Pavilion of the Presidents and First Ladies

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Notable interments

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