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Wikipedia: The Panteón Civil de Dolores is the largest cemetery in Mexico and home to the prestigious “Rotonda de las Personas Ilustres” (Rotunda of the Illustrious Persons). It is located on Constituyentes Avenue in Miguel Hidalgo borough of Mexico City, between sections two and three of Chapultepec Park. The history of the cemetery goes back to 1870 when Dolores Murrieta de Galloso acquired 2,400,000 sq meters of land on which to found a cemetery.
![[Main entrance to the cemetery]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/EntranceDoloresCemetaryDF_s.jpg "Main entrance to the cemetery")
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![[Tomb of Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/SebastianLerdodeTejadatombDoloresDF_1_s.jpg "Tomb of Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada.")
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![[Crowded gravesites]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/CrowdedgravesDoloresDF_2_s.jpg "Crowded gravesites")
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![[View of the Rotunda]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ViewIllustriousPersonRotundaDF_2_s.jpg "View of the Rotunda")
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![[Tomb of María Lavalle.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/MariaLavalletombDoloresDF_1_s.jpg "Tomb of María Lavalle.")
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![[Tomb of Alfonso Reyes.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/AlfonsoReyestombDoloresDF_2_s.jpg "Tomb of Alfonso Reyes.")
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![[Tomb of Diego Rivera.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/DiegoRiveraTombFrontDoloresDF_s.jpg "Tomb of Diego Rivera.")
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![[Tomb of David Alfaro Siqueiros.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/DavidAlfaroSiqueirostombDoloresDF_2_s.jpg "Tomb of David Alfaro Siqueiros.")
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![[Tomb of José Clemente Orozco.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/JoseClementeOrozcotombDoloresDF_1_s.jpg "Tomb of José Clemente Orozco.")
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![[Tomb of Ramón López Velarde.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/RamonLopezVelardetombDoloresDF_1_s.jpg "Tomb of Ramón López Velarde.")
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