The Panteón Francés de la Piedad ("French Cemetery of the Mercy") is a cemetery in Mexico City in which several notable people are interred. It is located in the southern section of the city, adjacent to the medical center, the Centro Medico Metro station, and the Colonia Buenos Aires neighborhood. Note that there is another "Panteón Francés" in the northwest section of the city, near Panteones metro station; not the same cemetery.
The cemetery has hundreds of lovely mortuary statues, but access to see them is restricted to family members; the property is securely fenced and the only entrance is guarded.
Notable burials
- Pina Pellicer – Actress
- Pedro Amaro – brother of General Joaquín Amaro Domínguez and former Secretary of War of Mexico
- Ricardo Flores Magón – political activist during the Mexican Revolution
- Mauricio Garcés – actor and comedian
- Roberto Gómez Bolaños – humorist, more commonly known by his pseudonym Chespirito
- María Félix – film actress and singer
- Amalia Hernández – leader of the Ballet Folklorico de Mexico
- Alfonso Ortiz Tirado – doctor and opera singer
- José Revueltas – writer
- Carmen Romero Rubio – wife of Porfirio Díaz and First Lady of Mexico
- José Sulaimán – boxing official, president of the World Boxing Council
- Miguel Zacarías – film director
References
- ^ "Panteon Francés". Retrieved 29 July 2011.
- "Despiden a Chespirito en Panteón Francés de La Piedad". El Universal. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
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