📜 Historic cemetery known for its diverse and imaginative funeral architecture.
🔍 Located east of Oaxaca's Historic Center, also known as San Miguel. Within the cemetery, explore the unfinished chapel ruins, commissioned in 1835 but never completed, featuring an empty tomb for forgotten dead, often adorned with flowers and candles.
🏛️ Explore diverse funeral architecture from neoclassical to modernist, including the historical ruins of the chapel.
🌳 Enjoy a lush landscape of trees, vines, and flowers.
🕯️ Witness traditional Día de Muertos celebrations and honor forgotten dead at the empty tomb.
💀 Experience unique Day of the Dead atmosphere.
📸 Capture atmospheric photos.
🚧 Walls and gates reported unsafe as of 2019 due to earthquake damage.
💐 Find flower sellers and stonemason workshops outside the gates.
🛍️ Vendors sell food and mementos on special feast days.
🗓️ Best to visit on Day of the Dead night for a unique candlelit experience.
🕒 Daily 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
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