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Cemitério dos Prazeres
Also known as Prazeres Cemetery
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Praça São João Bosco 568 Lisbon, Lisboa Municipality, Lisboa, 1350-295 Portugal Show Map GPS-Latitude: 38.7139600, Longitude: -9.1699800 |
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Phone | 351 21 396 1511 |
Memorials | 1,148 added (36% photographed) |
The Prazeres Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Lisbon, and one of the most notable in Portugal. Located in the west of the city on the fringes of the leafy Campo de Ourique neighborhood, Prazeres, which somewhat incongruously translates in English as "pleasures", was created in 1833 to cope with the high mortality rate following an outbreak of cholera. While not in the league of Paris's Père Lachaise Cemetery in terms of celebrity status, Prazeres remains the final resting place of some of the country's most prominent citizens, a roll call that includes authors, artists and politicians. For the most part, however, the cemetery is the permanent residence of the departed rich and distinguished, a fact illustrated by the grand and elaborate baroque family mausoleums that are an appealing feature of this unlikely visitor attraction.
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- Added: 24 Jan 2005
- Find a Grave Cemetery: #2133653
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