Cemeteries in South America

This directory documents 18 cemeteries in South America. 18 of them hold documented notable interments; the most documented is La Recoleta Cemetery with 301. Recorded founding dates run from 1808 to 1999. Every fact is sourced from Wikidata and linked to its record.

Argentina

• La Recoleta Cemetery
  🇦🇷 Buenos Aires, Argentina · est. 1822 · 301 notable interments
• La Chacarita Cemetery
  🇦🇷 Buenos Aires, Argentina · est. 1887 · 275 notable interments

Brazil

• Cemitério de São João Batista
  🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · est. 1852 · 46 notable interments
• Caju Cemetery
  🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · est. 1839 · 34 notable interments

Chile

• Santiago General Cemetery
  🇨🇱 Recoleta, Chile · est. 1821 · 73 notable interments

Colombia

• Central Cemetery of Bogotá
  🇨🇴 Bogotá, Colombia · est. 1836 · 69 notable interments

Paraguay

• Recoleta Cemetery, Asuncion
  🇵🇾 Recoleta, Paraguay · 20 notable interments

Peru

• Cementerio Presbítero Matías Maestro
  🇵🇪 Lima, Peru · est. 1808 · 59 notable interments

Uruguay

• Central Cemetery of Montevideo
  🇺🇾 Municipality B, Uruguay · est. 1835 · 48 notable interments
• Cementerio del Buceo, Montevideo
  🇺🇾 Montevideo, Uruguay · est. 1872 · 40 notable interments
• Cementerio del Norte, Montevideo
  🇺🇾 Montevideo, Uruguay · est. 1929 · 17 notable interments
• The British Cemetery Montevideo
  🇺🇾 Municipio CH, Uruguay · est. 1828 · 10 notable interments
• Cementerio Israelita, La Paz
  🇺🇾 La Paz, Uruguay · est. 1917 · 4 notable interments
• Cementerio del Cerro, Montevideo
  🇺🇾 Montevideo, Uruguay · est. 1868 · 3 notable interments
• Parque del Recuerdo (Uruguay)
  🇺🇾 Canelones Department, Uruguay · est. 1993 · 2 notable interments
• Cementerio de La Teja, Montevideo
  🇺🇾 Montevideo, Uruguay · est. 1872 · 1 notable interment
• Parque del Reencuentro
  🇺🇾 Uruguay · est. 1993 · 1 notable interment
• Parque Martinelli de Carrasco
  🇺🇾 Ciudad de la Costa, Uruguay · est. 1999 · 1 notable interment