Rotonda de las Personas Ilustres

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The Rotonda de las Personas Ilustres is a monumental mausoleum in Mexico City that honors and houses the remains of distinguished figures in Mexican history and culture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mausoleum
memorial site
monument
administeredBy Secretariat of the Interior (Mexico)
surface form: Secretaría de Gobernación
architecturalStyle monumental funerary architecture
category cemeteries in Mexico City
monuments and memorials in Mexico City
national pantheons
country Mexico
dedicatedTo Mexican national heroes
distinguished figures of Mexico
eminent artistic figures of Mexico
eminent cultural figures of Mexico
eminent political figures of Mexico
eminent scientific figures of Mexico
hasCriterionForInclusion national recognition
outstanding contribution to Mexico
hasPart cenotaphs
commemorative sculptures
graves of notable Mexicans
tombs
heritageDesignation national monument of Mexico
inception 1872
languageOfName Spanish
locatedIn Bosque de Chapultepec
surface form: Bosque de Chapultepec area

Mexico City
Panteón de Dolores
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City
maintainedBy Government of Mexico
nameChange Rotonda de las Personas Ilustres self-link
nameChangeDate 2003
openToPublic yes
originalName Rotonda de las Personas Ilustres self-linksurface differs
surface form: Rotonda de los Hombres Ilustres
ownedBy Government of Mexico
partOf Panteón de Dolores
surface form: Panteón Civil de Dolores complex
purpose to honor illustrious Mexicans
to house remains of distinguished Mexicans
to serve as a national pantheon
selectionBy Mexican federal authorities
significantEvent interment of Amalia Hernández
interment of Benito Juárez
interment of David Alfaro Siqueiros
interment of Diego Rivera
interment of Dolores del Río
Zaragoza (in honor of Ignacio Zaragoza)
surface form: interment of Ignacio Zaragoza

interment of José Clemente Orozco
interment of Rosario Castellanos
interment of Rufino Tamayo

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Jaime Nunó burialPlace Rotonda de las Personas Ilustres
Rotonda de las Personas Ilustres originalName Rotonda de las Personas Ilustres self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Rotonda de los Hombres Ilustres
Rotonda de las Personas Ilustres nameChange Rotonda de las Personas Ilustres self-link
Frida Kahlo burialPlace Rotonda de las Personas Ilustres
this entity surface form: Rotunda of Illustrious Persons (ashes kept at Casa Azul)
Leona Vicario burialPlace Rotonda de las Personas Ilustres
Panteón de Dolores hasPart Rotonda de las Personas Ilustres
Panteón de Dolores notableSection Rotonda de las Personas Ilustres