- Address: Av. de Daroca, 90, 28017 Madrid, Spain
- Phone: +34 915 10 84 64
- Working hours: 10.00-17.00
Almudena is a cemetery in the east of Madrid , the largest in the city and one of the largest in the whole of Western Europe: it is estimated that more than 5 million people are buried there. It covers an area of more than 120 hectares. It is named after the Virgin of Almudena, the patroness of Madrid. It exists for more than 130 years, since 1880, and was significantly expanded in 1884 due to the cholera epidemic.
The cemetery has a certain ominous appeal and is due to this popular tourist attraction. It is located on a hill and is divided into 5 "terraces", each of which is 5 meters below the previous one. The cemetery is divided into 3 parts: the Necropolis, the Old Cemetery and the New Cemetery.
On the All Saints' Day, there are many visitors to the cemetery.
Cemetery Attractions
One of the attractions of the cemetery is the burial of "Thirteen Roses" - thirteen young girls and women (seven of them were minors) executed during repressions against the opponents of the Franco regime. Another attraction is the chapel in the cemetery.
Who is buried in Almudena?
The remains of Republicans executed by the Francoists, and the Franco-executed by Republicans-the cemetery reconciled those who could not reconcile during life. There is also a memorial dedicated to Division Azul - the "Blue Division", which fought during the Second World War on the side of Nazi Germany. Dolores Ibarruri, an activist of the emigrant opposition of the Franco dictatorship, the leader of the Spanish Communist Party, the author of the famous phrase "¡No pasaran!" And the equally famous saying "The Spanish people prefers to die standing, rather than live on their knees," is also buried here.
The remains of Manuel Jose Quintana, the Spanish poet and political figure of the wars for Spain's independence from Napoleonic France, the buried writer Vicente Alesandre, the Spanish writer, the Nobel Prize in literature, Alfredo di Stefano, the honorary president of Madrid and many other famous politicians, artists, writers and other artists.
How to get to the cemetery?
You can reach the cemetery by metro - you should get off at La Elipa station, go to Daroca prospect about 200 meters, and on the right you will see the cemetery. The cemetery is open for visits from 8-00 to 19-00 in the winter and until 19-30 in the summer.
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