Wikipedia

Panteón Jardín

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]

Panteón Jardín
Panteón Jardín entrance
Map
Details
EstablishedOctober 1941 (October 1941)
Location
Mexico City
CountryMexico
Coordinates19°21′02″N 99°12′38″W / 19.3504937°N 99.21045732°W / 19.3504937; -99.21045732
TypePrivate, non-denominational
Size60 hectares (150 acres)

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.[1] 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

edit

Artists and painters

edit

Actors

edit
 
Tomb of Jorge Negrete in Panteón Jardín

Musicians

edit

Others

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ a b Hinerman, Nate; Glahn, Julia Apollonia (2012). The Presence of the Dead in Our Lives. Rodopi. ISBN 978-9401208529. Archived from the original on May 26, 2022. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Panteón Jardín de México" [Garden Cemetery of Mexico] (in Spanish). Archived from the original on June 18, 2022. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
  3. ^ Gutierrez, Gabriela (March 26, 2013). "Tumbas de famosos, alternativa de turismo" [Celebrities graves, an alternative to tourism] (in Spanish). Archived from the original on January 4, 2022. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
  4. ^ Blanco, David C. (April 30, 2005). "Panteón Jardín: el cementerio estelar de México" [Garden Cemetery, the stellar graveyard of Mexico] (in Spanish). Archived from the original on January 30, 2017. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
  5. ^ "Panteón Jardín: el cementerio donde descansan los ídolos mexicanos" [Garden Cemetery, where mexican idols rest] (in Spanish). October 15, 2019. Archived from the original on July 25, 2021. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
  6. ^ Joseph, Gilbert M. (2001). Fragments of a Golden Age: The Politics of Culture in Mexico Since 1940. Duke University Press. ISBN 9780822327189. Archived from the original on May 26, 2022. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  7. ^ "Profanan la tumba de Jorge Negrete" [The graveyard of Jorge Negrete is desecrated] (in Spanish). June 2016. Archived from the original on June 18, 2022. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
  8. ^ "Lote de Actores de la A.N.D.A. en el Panteón Jardín" [N.A.A. space at Jardin Cemetery] (in Spanish). January 30, 2013. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  9. ^ Avendaño, Reyna (April 15, 2018). "The day a country sang in mourning". El Universal. Mexico City, Mexico. Archived from the original on May 27, 2022. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
  10. ^ Beezley, William H.; Curcio-Nagy, Linda A. (2011). Latin American Popular Culture since Independence: An Introduction. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 9781442212565. Archived from the original on June 18, 2022. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  11. ^ "Famosos descansan entre el recuerdo y el olvido en el Panteón Jardín" [Celebrities rest between remembered and forgotten] (in Spanish). January 1, 2016. Archived from the original on June 18, 2022. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
  12. ^ Joliet, François (April 15, 2014). "Entre canciones y aplausos recuerdan a Pedro Infante en panteón Jardín" [Between songs and hand clapping, Pedro Infante is remembered at Garden Cemetery] (in Spanish). Archived from the original on June 18, 2022. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
  13. ^ "Panteón Jardín, el lugar donde descansa Pedro Infante" [Garden Cemetery, where Pedro Infante rests] (in Spanish). April 14, 2017. Archived from the original on May 26, 2022. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
  14. ^ Tesoros del Registro Civil Salón de la Plástica Mexicana [Treasures of the Civil Registry Salón de la Plástica Mexicana] (in Spanish). Mexico: Government of Mexico City and CONACULTA. 2012. p. 216.
  15. ^ "Muere Cordelia Urueta" [Cordelia Urueta dies]. Reforma (in Spanish). Mexico City. November 4, 1995. p. 3.
  16. ^ Tesoros del Registro Civil Salón de la Plástica Mexicana [Treasures of the Civil Registry Salón de la Plástica Mexicana] (in Spanish). Mexico: Government of Mexico City and CONACULTA. 2012. p. 68.
  17. ^ Tesoros del Registro Civil Salón de la Plástica Mexicana [Treasures of the Civil Registry Salon de la Plástica Mexiana] (in Spanish). México: Gobierno del Distrito Federal y CONACULTA. 2012. pp. 138–139.
  18. ^ PALAPA QUIJAS, FABIOLA (January 16, 2006). "Con ovaciones despiden a Raúl Anguiano en el Panteón Jardín" [With cheers they say goodbye to Raúl Anguiano at Panteón Jardín] (in Spanish). La Jornada. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  19. ^ "Descansará Raúl Anguiano en el Panteón Jardín" [Raúl Anguiano rests at Panteón Jardín]. El Universal (in Spanish). Notimex. January 15, 2006. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  20. ^ "Remedios Varo. Part 5. The productive years". September 7, 2020. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  21. ^ Tesoros del Registro Civil Salón de la Plástica Mexicana [Treasures of the Civil Registry Salón de la Plástica Mexicana] (in Spanish). Mexico: Government of Mexico City and CONACULTA. 2012. pp. 96–97.
  22. ^ "Despiden familiares y amigos a Alfonso Zayas". El Porvenir (in Spanish). July 10, 2021. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  23. ^ Avendaño, Reyna (July 26, 2018). "Andrés Soler desayunó, cayó en coma y ya no despertó". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  24. ^ "Biografía de Gloria Marín" [Gloria Marín Biography] (in Spanish). May 15, 2003. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  25. ^ "Gloria Marín, la actriz que "mató" de amor a Jorge Negrete" [Gloria Marín, the actress which killed Jorge Negrete with love] (in Spanish). InfoBae. April 19, 2021. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  26. ^ Jornada, La (May 24, 2006). "Murió Lilia Prado, actriz con gran derroche de sensualidad y erotismo". La Jornada (in Spanish). Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  27. ^ "Descansará Pedro Armendáriz Jr. al lado de su padre" [Pedro Armendáriz Jr. will rest at the side of his father] (in Spanish). Chicago Tribune. January 3, 2012. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  28. ^ "Biografía de Gonzalo Curiel" [Biography of Gonzalo Curiel]. SACM.org.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  29. ^ "Biografía: López Mateos, Adolfo" [Biography: López Mateos, Adolfo] (in Spanish). July 19, 2019. Archived from the original on June 18, 2022. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  30. ^ "Acta de Defunción: Arizmendi Mejía, Elena" [Death Certificate: Arizmendi Mejía, Elena]. FamilySearch (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Archivo de Registro Civil de Distrito Federal. November 4, 1949. Cuauhtémoc, Certificate #10, volume 201, page 11, microfilm image 771. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  31. ^ Cano, Gabriela (January–June 2011). "Elena Arizmendi, una habitación propia en Nueva York, 1916–1938" [Elena Arizmendi, A Room of her Own in New York, 1916–1938] (PDF). Arenal (in Spanish). 18 (1). Granada, Spain: Instituto de Estudios de la Mujer: 85–114. doi:10.30827/arenal.v18i1.1442 (inactive November 1, 2024). ISSN 1134-6396. Retrieved July 5, 2022.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)
  32. ^ "La tumba de aquel presidente" [The grave of that president] (in Spanish). September 28, 2018. Archived from the original on October 6, 2021. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
  33. ^ "Adiós Kid" [Goodbye Kid] (in Spanish). March 17, 2002. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  34. ^ "Sepultan a María Teresa Pomar, impulsora del arte popular". La Jornada (in Spanish). Mexico City. January 14, 2010. p. 6. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
edit
 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Panteón Jardín, Mexico City.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Panteón_Jardín&oldid=1254949045"