Caieiras, Brazil
Cemitério de Perus
The Cemitério de Perus, currently renamed Colina dos Mártires, is a cemetery located in the northern part of the city of São Paulo, Brazil, on the edge of the homonymous subprefecture, near the border with the city of Caieiras. Created in 1971 by then-mayor Paulo Maluf, it is about 254,000 square meters in length. The cemetery is known for burying poor people, for its location and price; it was built to bury the bodies of homeless and unidentified people, currently burying 12 people a day on average.
- City
- Caieiras
- Country
- Brazil
- Category
- Historic
- Suggested visit
- About 90 minutes
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