Colón Cemetery

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cemetery necropolis

Colón Cemetery is a vast and historically significant necropolis in Havana, Cuba, renowned for its elaborate funerary art and monuments.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Cementerio de Colón 2
Cementerio de Cristóbal Colón 1
Central chapel of Colón Cemetery 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cemetery ⓘ
necropolis ⓘ
architecturalStyle Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1871 ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Cuba ⓘ
hasCategory 19th-century architecture in Cuba ⓘ
Cemeteries in Havana ⓘ
Roman Catholic cemeteries in Cuba ⓘ
Tourist attractions in Havana ⓘ
hasPart Colón Cemetery self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Central chapel of Colón Cemetery

Chinese pantheon ⓘ
Common graves ⓘ
Family mausoleums ⓘ
Funerary chapel ⓘ
Funerary sculptures ⓘ
Main avenue of Colón Cemetery ⓘ
Military pantheon ⓘ
Monumental tombs ⓘ
Ossuary ⓘ
Pantheon of the Firefighters ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Monument of Cuba ⓘ
inception 1871 ⓘ
knownFor elaborate funerary art ⓘ
historic burials ⓘ
monumental mausoleums ⓘ
languageOfName Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Havana, Cuba ⓘ
surface form: Havana

Vedado ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity La Habana Province ⓘ
surface form: Province of Havana
locatedInTimeZone Cuba Standard Time ⓘ
namedAfter Christopher Columbus ⓘ
notableFeature abundant marble statuary ⓘ
grid-like layout of avenues and streets ⓘ
ornate main entrance gate ⓘ
symbolic funerary iconography ⓘ
officialName Colón Cemetery self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cementerio de Cristóbal Colón
openingDate 1871 ⓘ
operator Roman Catholic Church in Cuba ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
significantBuilding Colón Cemetery self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Main gate of Colón Cemetery
significantEvent burial of many notable Cuban figures ⓘ
touristType cultural tourism ⓘ
heritage tourism ⓘ
use burial ground ⓘ
cultural heritage site ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alejo Carpentier → burialPlace → Colón Cemetery ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colon Cemetery, Havana
Calixto García → burialPlace → Colón Cemetery ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cementerio de Colón
this entity surface form: Cementerio de Colón
Vedado district of Havana → hasLandmark → Colón Cemetery ⓘ
subject surface form: Vedado
Vedado → hasLandmark → Colón Cemetery ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colón Cemetery, Havana
Colón Cemetery → hasPart → Colón Cemetery self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central chapel of Colón Cemetery
Colón Cemetery → officialName → Colón Cemetery self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cementerio de Cristóbal Colón
Colón Cemetery → significantBuilding → Colón Cemetery self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Main gate of Colón Cemetery