Santo Amaro Cemetery
The Bom Jesus da Redenção Cemetery, better known as the Santo Amaro Cemetery, is the largest cemetery in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. Designed by the engineer José Mamede Alves Ferreira, initiated under the government of Francisco do Rego Barros, it was inaugurated on March 1, 1851, and was initially intended for the burial of people killed by the outbreak of yellow fever, who could not be buried in churches , as was the rule of the time.
Localization
Marquês do Pombal Street - Santo Amaro, Recife
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