Alto de São João Cemetery
Alto de São João Cemetery (Portuguese: Cemitério do Alto de São João) is the largest cemetery in Lisbon, Portugal, located in the freguesia (civil parish) of Penha de França, in eastern Lisbon (formerly, within the parish of São João).
| Cemitério do Alto de São João | |
|---|---|
| Details | |
| Established | 1833 |
| Location | Penha de França, Lisbon |
| Country | Portugal |
| Coordinates | 38.729°N 9.122°W |
| Type | Public |
| Size | 22 hectares (54 acres) |
| Find a Grave | Cemitério do Alto de São João |
Similar to Prazeres Cemetery, it is the resting place for many prominent figures, from literature to the arts, from science to politics, from working class to nobility, side by side with anonymous citizens who are buried and cremated there. The cemetery is public and receives residents from several freguesias in the capital.
The cemetery is composed of mausoleums, temporary and perpetual graves, crypts, ossuaries and columbaria. Also noteworthy are the Crypt of Combatants of the Great War and the Memorial of the Tarrafal concentration camp victims.