Panteón Francés
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El Panteón Francés de la Piedad ("the French Cemetery") 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.
Cemetery
A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. The term "cemetery" implies that the land is specifically designated as a burying ground. Cemeteries in the Western world are where the final ceremonies of death are observed...
in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
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
Metro Centro Médico
Metro Centro Médico is an underground metro station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City. It is a transfer station for both Lines 3 and 9....
, and the Colonia Buenos Aires
Colonia Buenos Aires
Colonia Buenos Aires is a colonia of the Cuauhtémoc borough located south of the historic center of Mexico City. This colonia is primarily known for its abundance of dealers selling used car parts, and an incident when six youths were executed by police...
neighborhood.
People interred
- Miguel Zacarías film director
- María FélixMaría FélixMaría Félix was a Mexican film actress and one of the icons of the golden era of the Cinema of Mexico and also one of the myths of the Spanish language Cinema for her life style and personality...
Mexican golden era movie actress. - José RevueltasJosé RevueltasJosé Revueltas Sánchez was a Mexican writer, essayist, and political activist. He was part of an important artistic family that included his siblings Silvestre , Fermín and Rosaura .-Life:He was often imprisoned for his political activism, almost from the time he was a boy...
writer - Ricardo Flores MagonRicardo Flores MagónCipriano Ricardo Flores Magón was a noted Mexican anarchist and social reform activist. His brothers Enrique and Jesús were also active in politics. Followers of the Magón brothers were known as Magonistas....
political activist during the Mexican RevolutionMexican RevolutionThe Mexican Revolution was a major armed struggle that started in 1910, with an uprising led by Francisco I. Madero against longtime autocrat Porfirio Díaz. The Revolution was characterized by several socialist, liberal, anarchist, populist, and agrarianist movements. Over time the Revolution... - Mariano Riva PalacioMariano Riva PalacioMariano Riva Palacio was a prominent Mexican politician and lawyer during most of the 19th century.He was born in Mexico City to Esteban de la Riva Palacio and Doña María Dolores Díaz and married and Dolores Guerrero, daughter of Gen. Vicente Guerrero, one of the most prominent leaders of the...
prominent political leader in the 19th century - Amalia HernandezAmalia HernándezAmalia Hernández Navarro was a Mexican ballet choreographer and founder of the world-renowned Ballet Folklorico de Mexico....
leader of the Ballet Folklorico de MexicoBallet Folklorico de MexicoBallet Folklórico de México is a folkloric ballet ensemble in Mexico City. For five decades it has presented dances in costumes that reflect the traditional culture of Mexico...
. - Coronel Pedro Amaro con su hijos. El es hermano de Gen.Joaquín Amaro Domínguez ; Secretary of War, Military Reformer, Military Educational Reformer, Publisher
- Miroslava, Czechoslovakian born actress who made her career in Mexico, then committed suicide in 1955.