The Cementerio de Nuestra Señora de La Almudena (English: Our Lady of Almudena Cemetery ), former Necrópolis del Este (East cemetery)[1] 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.[2]
View of the cemetery buildings.
Chapel.
Graves in the cemetery
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Niceto Alcalá-Zamora (1877–1949), president of the Second Spanish Republic
Vicente Aleixandre (1898–1984), poet, Nobel laureate[3]
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)[4]
Laureano López Rodó (1920–2000), Minister of Foreign Affairs during the rule of Francisco Franco .[5]
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 [6]
Olga Ramos (1918–2005), singer
Efrén Rebolledo (1877–1929), Mexican poet and diplomat
Aurora Redondo (1900–1996), actress[7] [8]
Fernando Rey (1917–1994), actor[9]
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