Panteón Jardín Explained
Panteón Jardín ("Garden Cemetery") is a cemetery in Mexico City in which several notable people are interred. It is located in the southwest of the city, between the San Ángel and Olivar de los Padres boroughs.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
It is a garden cemetery, built in what used to be the outskirts of the city in the 1930s. It's wide central boulevard leads to a small hill in the back.[6] It's near 150 acres are used mostly for Catholic burials, but has a special section for Jewish ones, called La Fraternidad (The Fraternity). Since 1946, another section belongs to the National Association of Actors (National Association of Actors), used mainly for actors and actresses.[7] [8] It has a capacity of 85,000 graves. It's non-denominational, and even as a private cemetery, it's open to the public.
Notable people buried here are artists, musicians, actors and actresses, politicians and presidents. This makes it a tourist attraction and pilgrimage site for the fans of popular culture Mexican actors, specially from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, like Pedro Infante,[9] [10] Jorge Negrete and Pedro Armendariz.[11] Every April 15, a multitude of up to 7,000 people come to the grave of Pedro Infante paying homage to the beloved actor, bringing flowers and photos, playing music with mariachis and riding motorcycles.[12] [13]
Notable burials
Artists and painters
Actors
Musicians
Others
Notes and References
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- Web site: Tumbas de famosos, alternativa de turismo . Gutierrez . Gabriela . 26 March 2013 . 26 May 2022 . es . Celebrities graves, an alternative to tourism . 4 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220104105557/https://archivo.eluniversal.com.mx/ciudad/116037.html . live .
- Web site: Panteón Jardín: el cementerio estelar de México . Blanco . David C. . 30 April 2005 . 26 May 2022 . es . Garden Cemetery, the stellar graveyard of Mexico . 30 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170130144852/http://mxcity.mx/2016/06/panteon-jardin-cementerio-estelar-mexico/ . live .
- Web site: Panteón Jardín: el cementerio donde descansan los ídolos mexicanos . October 15, 2019 . 26 May 2022 . es . Garden Cemetery, where mexican idols rest . 25 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210725191242/https://www.mexicodesconocido.com.mx/panteon-jardin-donde-descansan-los-idolos-mexicanos.html . live .
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- Web site: Profanan la tumba de Jorge Negrete . June 2016 . 26 May 2022 . es . The graveyard of Jorge Negrete is desecrated . 18 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220618195904/https://vanguardia.com.mx/show/3192231-profanan-la-tumba-de-jorge-negrete-CYVG3192231 . live .
- Web site: Lote de Actores de la A.N.D.A. en el Panteón Jardín . 30 January 2013 . 17 Jun 2022 . es . N.A.A. space at Jardin Cemetery.
- News: Avendaño . Reyna . 15 April 2018 . The day a country sang in mourning . El Universal . Mexico City, Mexico . 26 May 2022 . 27 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220527000044/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/day-country-sang-mourning . live .
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- Web site: Famosos descansan entre el recuerdo y el olvido en el Panteón Jardín . 1 January 2016 . 26 May 2022 . es . Celebrities rest between remembered and forgotten . 18 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220618195902/https://elregio.com/Noticia/ba05e3f8-a856-44e6-b534-7a9a2c57149c . live .
- Web site: Entre canciones y aplausos recuerdan a Pedro Infante en panteón Jardín . Joliet . François . 15 April 2014 . 26 May 2022 . es . Between songs and hand clapping, Pedro Infante is remembered at Garden Cemetery . 18 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220618195904/https://www.20minutos.com.mx/noticia/b139855/entre-canciones-y-aplausos-recuerdan-a-pedro-infante-en-panteon-jardin/ . live .
- Web site: Panteón Jardín, el lugar donde descansa Pedro Infante . 14 April 2017 . 26 May 2022 . es . Garden Cemetery, where Pedro Infante rests . 26 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220526232835/https://www.milenio.com/espectaculos/panteon-jardin-el-lugar-donde-descansa-pedro-infante . live .
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- Web site: Con ovaciones despiden a Raúl Anguiano en el Panteón Jardín. PALAPA QUIJAS . FABIOLA . 16 January 2006. La Jornada. 5 July 2022. es . With cheers they say goodbye to Raúl Anguiano at Panteón Jardín.
- Web site: Descansará Raúl Anguiano en el Panteón Jardín. 15 January 2006. El Universal. Notimex. 5 July 2022. es . Raúl Anguiano rests at Panteón Jardín.
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- Web site: Gloria Marín, la actriz que "mató" de amor a Jorge Negrete. 19 April 2021. InfoBae. July 22, 2022. es . Gloria Marín, the actress which killed Jorge Negrete with love.
- Web site: Descansará Pedro Armendáriz Jr. al lado de su padre. 3 Jan 2012. Chicago Tribune. June 4, 2023. es . Pedro Armendáriz Jr. will rest at the side of his father.
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- Web site: La tumba de aquel presidente . 26 May 2022 . es . The grave of that president . 6 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211006013744/https://www.milenio.com/cultura/la-tumba-de-aquel-presidente . live .
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