The Cementerio de la Almudena is the largest cemetery in Madrid, and one of the largest in Western Europe. The number of persons buried is estimated to be about five million, larger than the population of Madrid itself, since it was the main cemetery for the entire city from 1884 to 1973, and from the 1920s was almost the only one for the majority of the population of Madrid. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 434 pixelsFull resolution (2190 × 1188 pixel, file size: 412 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 380 pixelsFull resolution (2244 × 1065 pixel, file size: 603 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Castle Ashby Graveyard Northamptonshire A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. ... Motto: (Spanish for From Madrid to Heaven) Location Coordinates: , Country Spain Autonomous Community Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid Province Madrid Administrative Divisions 21 Neighborhoods 127 Founded 9th century Government  - Mayor Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón Jimémez (PP) Area  - Land 607 km² (234. ...

A few of the famous buried in the La Almudena Cemetery are:

• Niceto Alcalá-Zamora (1877-1949), president of Spain
• Vicente Aleixandre (1898-1984), poet, Nobel laureate
• Dámaso Alonso (1898-1990), writer
• Angel de Andres (1918-2006), actor
• Luis Barbero (1916-2005), actor
• José Bódalo (1916-1985), actor
• Tullio Carminati (1882-1965), hollywood Spanish actor
• Julia Caba Alba (1902-1988), actress
• José María Caffarel (1919-1999), actor
• Estrellita Castro (1914-1983), singer, actress
• Antonio Flores (1961-1995), rock musician
• Lola Flores (1923-1995), actress
• Antonio Garisa (1916-1989), actor
• Irene Gutiérrez Caba (1929-1995), actress
• Julian Marias (1914-2005), philosopher
• Alfredo Mayo (1911-1985), actor
• Jose Martin Mena (1935-2006), illustrator
• Antonio Molina (1928-1992), actor
• Jose Conde Nieves (1911-2006), director
• Juan Carlos Onetti (1909-1994), Uruguayan author
• Luis Peña (1918-1977), actor
• Ángel Picazo (1917-1998), actor
• Emiliano Piedra (1931-1991), film producer
• Mari Carmen Prendes (1906-2002), actress
• Mercedes Prendes (1908-1981), actress
• Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852-1934), scientist, Nobel prize winner
• Olga Ramos (1918-2005), singer
• Aurora Redondo (1900-1996), actress
• Fernando Rey (1917-1994), actor
• Cecilia Sobredo (1948-1976), singer
• Enrique Urquijo (1960-1999), singer
• Frank Yerby (1916-1991), African-American novelist

see also: List of famous cemeteries Cover of Time Magazine, May 4, 1931 Niceto Alcalá-Zamora y Torres (July 6, 1877 – February 18, 1949), served (very briefly) as first Prime Minister of the Second Spanish Republic, and then - from 1931 to 1936 - as its president. ... Vicente Aleixandre Vicente Pío Marcelino Cirilo Aleixandre y Merlo (April 26, 1898 – December 14, 1984) Spanish poet, born in Sevilla. ... Dámaso Alonso Dámaso Alonso (October 22, 1898 - January 25, 1990) was a Spanish poet, philologist and literary critic. ... Tullio Carminati (1882-1965) was an actor most famous for roles in The Cardinal, One Night of Love, and El Cid. ... Antonio Flores (born Antonio González Flores) November 14, 1961 Madrid, Spain - May 30, 1995 Madrid, Spain was a Spanish actor. ... La Faraona Lola Flores, born January 21, 1923 in Jerez de la Frontera, Cadiz, Spain - died May 16, 1995, was a singer, dancer, and actress. ... Julián Marías Aguilera (June 17, 1914 – December 15, 2005), was a Spanish philosopher. ... Alfredo Mayo, (real name: Alfredo Fernández Martínez) (Barcelona, May 17, 1911 - † Palma de Mallorca, May 19, 1985) was a Spanish actor. ... Antonio Molina Born in Málaga, 1930 - Madrid, 1996. ... Juan Carlos Onetti, born July 1, 1909 in Montevideo, Uruguay - died May 30, 1994 in Madrid, Spain, was a novelist and short-story writer. ... Santiago Ramón y Cajal Santiago Ramón y Cajal (May 1, 1852 – October 17, 1934) was a famous Spanish histologist, physician, and Nobel laureate. ... Fernando Rey Fernando Casado DArambillet, known as Fernando Rey, (September 20, 1917 - March 9, 1994) was born in A Coruña, Spain, then known as La Coruña, the son of Colonel Casado Veiga. ... Enrique Urquijo (March 15, 1960 - November 17, 1999) was a Spanish singer, songwriter, and guitarist. ... Frank Garvin Yerby (September 5, 1916 - November 29, 1991) was an African American historical novelist. ... This is a list of famous cemeteries, mausoleums and other places people are buried, world-wide. ...