Tomás Acea Cemetery
Cementerio Tomás Acea
A garden cemetery opened in 1926, with an entrance colonnade modeled on the Parthenon in Athens, designated a national monument.
The Tomás Acea Cemetery lies in the east of the city and is one of the few “garden cemeteries” in Cuba. Its gateway has 64 Doric columns modeled on the Parthenon. Inside, lawns, tree-lined avenues and marble sculptures are neatly arranged, and there is a monument to those who died in the 1957 Cienfuegos uprising. Together with the older La Reina Cemetery in the west of the city, famous for its weeping angel and the “Sleeping Beauty” statue, it forms the city’s two historic cemeteries. It lies about 2 km from the city center, can be reached by bicycle taxi, and visitors should respect the order of the cemetery grounds.
Opening hours
About 08:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- Paseo del Prado & Malecón
- Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
- Punta Gorda
- Teatro Tomás Terry
- Parque José Martí
- Palacio de Valle
- Palacio Ferrer
- Laguna de Guanaroca