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title: "Cementerio Central, Bogotá — GetMap"
description: "Presidents and poets fill its central oval. The central oval is lined with mausoleums holding Colombian presidents, poets and other public figures…"
source: https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJbSmHfCqaP44RiG7lK14yrAA
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# Cementerio Central

Presidents and poets fill its central oval

History · 🇨🇴 Bogotá · one place, one stop

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The central oval is lined with mausoleums holding Colombian presidents, poets and other public figures. Elaborate funerary sculptures mark the tombs, turning the cemetery into an open-air record of the country’s public life.

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