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Cementerio General de Santiago

About two million Chileans rest in peace at the country's largest and oldest cemetery, including many important historical figures like Manuel Rodriguez, Violeta Parra, Andres Bello, Maria Luisa Bombal and most presidents of Chile. It's also an open air museum of burial mausoleums in Egyptian, Greek, Gothic, Moorish and almost any other thinkable styles.

Getting there: Recoleta, near Cementerios subway station
Website: cementeriogeneral.cl (opens in a new tab)

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