Picture of Angel trying to silence the visitor at San Pedro Cemetery (Medellín, Colombia)

Statue of angel at San Pedro Cemetery

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Close to the bustling city centre of Medellín, the San Pedro cemetery is a haven of peace and tranquillity, where you can find beautiful graves adorned with statues and flowers amidst palm trees.
I moved on, walking around the San Pedro Cemetery along one of the many colonnaded lanes. Walls with tombs define the limits of the cemetery, many of them adorned with flowers and notes. Inside, I found large family graves of the better-off, with statues and sculptures, large plaques with the names of the deceased. San Pedro Cemetery is laid out in a spacious way, and it is a very green area. In the central section, many local celebrities from the political, intellectual, business and literary scene are laid to rest. Seeing the beauty of the place, I could imagine that San Pedro cemetery, established in 1842, has been declared a museum and a national monument. What is more, the place is also used for performances, dance, theatre and concerts. I also found a memorial for the famous Argentinian tango dancer Carlos Gardel, who died in a plane crash in 1935 right here in Medellín, and whose remains were enterred here temporarily in that same year, awaiting his repatriation to Buenos Aires.
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