Cementerio de San Justo

The Cementerio de San Justo, also known as Sacramental de San Justo, located in Madrid, Spain, is a cemetery near the Cementerio de San Isidro, which was originally called San Pedro and San Andrés. It is located between the Paseo de la Ermita del Santo and the Vía Carpetana, in the Carabanchel district. Its entrance is at number 70 of the aforementioned promenade of the Ermita del Santo.^[1]

History

Its construction, which began in 1846, was completed by the end of August 1847. In 1847, it only had one courtyard—the San Miguel Courtyard, where the chapel is located and on whose altar is the effigy of San Miguel from the Franciscan convent of Los Angeles.

Notable burials

This cemetery is the resting place of many famous Spanish people, including artists, journalists, poets, and singers.

• Mariano José de Larra (1809–1837), Spanish romantic writer and journalist
• Jerónima Llorente (1793-1848), Spanish actress
• Elena Fortún (1886–1952), Spanish author of children's literature
• Ramón Gómez de la Serna (1888–1963), Spanish writer, dramatist and avant-garde agitator
• Carmen Conde (1907–1996), Spanish poet

Gallery

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  San Isidro Cemetery (left) and Cemenerio de San Justo (right) circa 1928
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  Neogothic style of the Capilla-panteón by the Campuzano-Querol family (ca. 1885), in the San Millán Courtyard
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  Tomb of Mariano José de Larra and Ramón Gómez de la Serna in the Cementerio de San Justo

References

Bibliography

• Navascués Palacio, Pedro (1979). "Puerta del Ángel y Sacramentales". Madrid V.I (PDF). Madrid: Espasa-Calpe. pp. 301–320. ISBN 8423953718.
• Saguar Quer, Carlos (2002). "El cementerio de la sacramental de San Justo: historia y arquitectura". Anales del Instituto de Estudios Madrileños. XLII: 103–129. ISSN 0584-6374. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.

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