Cemetery #180232
Santiago General Cemetery
Local name: Cementerio General de Santiago
Also known as Casco histórico del Cementerio General · Cementerio General de Recoleta · Cementerio general de Santiago de Chile
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documented records
≈ 16k–31k
approx. capacity (graves)
0.782 km²
cemetery area
Oct 18, 2026
last modified
About this cemetery
The Cementerio General in the Recoleta commune of Santiago is administered by the Municipality of Recoleta. It was founded in 1821 by Bernardo O'Higgins and covers 86 hectares. It is described as the largest and most important burial ground in Chile, laid out as an urban park, and its historic core is covered by the National Monuments Council.
Cemetery location
GPS coordinates: 33.417790° S, 70.650100° W Directions in Google Maps (opens in a new tab)
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Nearby cemeteries
The closest other burial grounds listed on EveryStone.
- Dissidents' Courtyard, Santiago 210 m away · Santiago
- Santiago Catholic Cemetery 840 m away · Recoleta
- Recoleta Jewish Cemetery 2.5 km away · Recoleta
- Parque del Recuerdo Américo Vespucio Cemetery 3.8 km away · Huechuraba
- Parque de Santiago Cemetery 4.0 km away · Huechuraba
- Pudahuel Municipal Cemetery 11 km away · Pudahuel
- Sendero Park Cemetery, Maipú 12 km away · Maipú
- El Manantial Park Cemetery, Maipú 12 km away · Maipú
- Metropolitano Cemetery 13 km away · Lo Espejo
- Canaan Park Cemetery 15 km away · Pudahuel
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How big is Santiago General Cemetery?
Santiago General Cemetery covers about 78.2 hectares (782,000 m²), a little larger than Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is the largest of the 41 cemeteries we list in Santiago Metropolitan Region.