Panteón de Dolores

The Panteón Civil de Dolores was inaugurated in 1875. With 2 million, 400 thousand square meters is the largest cemetery in Mexico[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2148322] and is located in the Miguel Hidalgo borough of Mexico City. Numerous famous people are buried in this municipal cemetery. In particular, many national heroes and people that have achieved notable success in their lives have been honored with interment in its Rotonda de las Personas Ilustres.

Some of the notables interred in the Rotunda include:

• Lupe Velez (1908-1944), actress
• David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896-1974) painter, muralist
• Pedro Rodríguez (1940-1971) F1 race car driver
• Diego Rivera (1886-1957) painter, muralist
• Carlos Chávez (1899-1978) composer
• Dolores del Río (1905-1983) stage and film actress
• Carlos Pellicer (1899-1977) writer, philanthropist
• Gerardo Murillo ("Dr. Atl"), (1875-1964) artist
• Tina Modotti (1896-1942), actress, photographer, communist
• Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada (1823-1889), President of Mexico
• Agustín Lara (1897-1970) composer
• José Clemente Orozco (1883-1949) painter, muralist
• Octavio Paz (1914-1998) poet, diplomat, Nobel Laureate
• Silvestre Revueltas (1899-1940) composer
• Felipe Villanueva (1862-1893) composer
• Julián Carrillo Trujillo (1875-1965) composer, discoverer of the Thirteenth Sound
• Nabor Carrillo Flores (1911-1967) scientist
• Heberto Castillo (1928-1997) civil engineer and political activist
• Mario Moreno Cantinflas (1911-1993), actor
• Francisco González Bocanegra (1824-1861) poet, wrote the lyrics to Mexico's national anthem
• Jaime Nunó (1824-1908) composer, composed the music for Mexico's national anthem
• Mariano Azuela (1873-1952) author, novelist of the Mexican Revolution

See also

• List of famous cemeteries
• Rotonda de Hombres Ilustres, similarly named monument in Chihuahua, Chih.