Cemetery #194843
Presbítero Matías Maestro Cemetery
Local name: Cementerio Presbítero Matías Maestro
0
documented records
≈ 4,200–8,400
approx. capacity (graves)
0.209 km²
cemetery area
Oct 18, 2026
last modified
About this cemetery
The cemetery in the Barrios Altos of Lima was inaugurated on 31 May 1808 as the General Cemetery of Lima, the city's first pantheon, since burials had previously taken place in churches. In 1923 it was renamed after its designer, Matías Maestro. It is now a museum and historical monument administered by the Sociedad de Beneficencia de Lima.
Cemetery location
GPS coordinates: 12.041286° S, 77.008524° W Directions in Google Maps (opens in a new tab)
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Nearby cemeteries
The closest other burial grounds listed on EveryStone.
- El Agustino Cemetery 130 m away · El Agustino
- Padre Eterno Cemetery 430 m away · El Agustino
- General El Ángel Cemetery 610 m away · El Agustino
- El Sauce Cemetery 4.7 km away · San Juan de Lurigancho
- Santa Rosa Private Cemetery 4.8 km away · San Juan de Lurigancho
- Surquillo Municipal Cemetery 8.0 km away · Surquillo
- Campo Fe De Huachipa 8.6 km away · Huachipa
- Huachipa Cemetery 8.8 km away · Santa Anita - Los Ficus
- La Planicie Cemetery, La Molina 9.1 km away · La Molina
- Santa María Cemetery 9.5 km away · San Juan de Lurigancho
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How big is Presbítero Matías Maestro Cemetery?
Presbítero Matías Maestro Cemetery covers about 20.9 hectares (209,000 m²), about the same size as Bellu Cemetery in Bucharest. It is the 8th largest of the 118 cemeteries we list in Lima.