The Cementerio de Nuestra Señora de La Almudena (), former Necrópolis del Este (East cemetery) is a cemetery in Madrid, Spain. It is the largest in Western Europe. The number of bodies buried is estimated at five million since it was the main cemetery for the entire city from 1884 to 1973, and from the 1920s was almost the only one for the majority of its former population. A crematorium, the first in Spain, was opened at the cemetery in 1973.
Notable burials Niceto Alcalá-Zamora (1877–1949), president of the Second Spanish Republic Vicente Aleixandre (1898–1984), poet, Nobel laureate Dámaso Alonso (1898–1990), writer Francisco Alonso (1890–1948), composer José María Alvira (1864–1938), composer Ángel de Andrés (1918–2006), actor and theatre director José Millán-Astray (1879-1954), founder and first commander of the Spanish Legion Luis Barbero (1916–2005), actor Pío Baroja (1872–1956), Spanish writer José Bódalo (1916–1985), actor Julia Caba Alba (1902–1988), actress José María Caffarel (1919–1999), actor Estrellita Castro (1914–1983), singer, actress Evangelina Sobredo Galanes (1948–1976), singer La Chelito (1885–1959), Cuban-born Spanish cuplé singer José Cubero Sánchez (1964–1985), French-born Spanish bullfighter Marujita Díaz (1932–2015), singer and actress Alfredo Di Stéfano (1926–2014), Real Madrid player Antonio Flores (1961–1995), rock musician Lola Flores (1923–1995), famous gypsy singer, dancer and actress Antonia García de Videgain (1850–1924) actress and international singer. Jean Laurent (1816–1886) Laureano López Rodó (1920–2000), Minister of Foreign Affairs during the rule of Francisco Franco. Julián Marías (1914–2005), philosopher Carlos Marín Menchero (1968–2021), singer and producer Alfredo Mayo (1911–1985), actor Antonio Molina (1928–1992), actor Matilde Muñoz Sampedro (1906–1969) actress Juan Carlos Onetti (1909–1994), Uruguayan author Luis Peña (1918–1977), actor Benito Pérez Galdós (1843–1920), Spanish writer Ángel Picazo (1917–1998), actor Emiliano Piedra (1931–1991), film producer Mercedes Prendes (1908–1981), actress Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852–1934), scientist, Nobel prize winner sometimes considered the father of modern neuroscience Olga Ramos (1918–2005), singer Efrén Rebolledo (1877–1929), Mexican poet and diplomat Aurora Redondo (1900–1996), actress Fernando Rey (1917–1994), actor Federico Romero (1886–1976), poet and librettist Carmen Sánchez (1898–1985), actress, producer and singer. Enrique Urquijo (1960–1999), singer Salvador Videgain (1886–1947), actor, director, author and producer of theatre. Frank Yerby (1916–1991), African-American novelist
References
Death of Mary Carmen Prendes www.lavozdegalicia.es/hemeroteca/2002/01/27/932867.html
External links
Our Lady of Almudena from Paths of the Dead Cementerio de la Almudena at GoogleMaps