Picture of San Andrés wall of flowers at San Pedro Cemetery (Medellín, Colombia)

San Andrés wall with remains and flowers

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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.
When I returned to the eastern wall of San Pedro Cemetery, I walked up to the first floor from where I had good views of the cemetery. It was here that I realized that the cemetery is much bigger than it appears at first sight. Suddenly, an official approached me asking if I had a permit to take pictures, and he sent me directly to the entrance. To my surprise, I was given the permit right away, and just continued my tour of the cemetery, realizing that also here people were very friendly. I visited the main chapel, and close to that I saw some remarkable statues depicting angels, Jesus carrying a cross and weeping widows. A special addition to the cemetery are the signs with words of wisdom for the visitor. Another sympathetic official showed me some special sites of the cemetery, and made me visit the Mausoleo de la Luz, a rather new building where the remains of those who had been cremated are being kept. Cremation, he told me, was a rather new development in Medellín, and he explained that it would be better if more people would be cremated as burial obviously requires more space. On my way out, I passed the wall where I had seen the burial just after I had entered, and in the drying mortar, someone had written the date, while someone else had left a note for Omar, the newest resident of San Pedro cemetery.
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