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title: "Cementerio General, San José — GetMap"
description: "Its graves are small buildings with stone figures. Burial plots here become architecture: elaborate mausoleums stand among memorial sculptures instead of…"
source: https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJ10nwHBzjoI8RanJ0vnXqmr8
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# Cementerio General

Its graves are small buildings with stone figures

History · 🇨🇷 San José · one place, one stop

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Burial plots here become architecture: elaborate mausoleums stand among memorial sculptures instead of simple markers. Paths lead between tombs and carved figures, making the cemetery an open-air walk through private monuments.

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