NHCP Photo Collection, 2011
Paco Cemetery
Location:
Paco, Manila (Region NCR)
Category:
Buildings/Structures
Type: Structure, Cemetery
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker Date:
1938
Installed By:
Historical Research and Markers Committee
PACO CEMETERY
COMPLETED SHORTLY PREVIOUS TO THE CHOLERA EPIDEMIC OF 1820. NINE OF THE NICHES WERE DONATED BY THE CITY OF MANILA IN GRATE FUL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE SERVICES OF THE DOMINICANS TO THE VICTIMS OF CHOLERA. THE MAUSOLEUM OF GOVERNOR GENERAL RAMON SOLANO Y LLADERAL IS INSIDE THE MORTUARY CHAPEL. THE REMAINS OF THE FILIPINO LEADER, DR. JOSE RIZAL MERCADO, WERE INTERRED HERE FROM DECEMBER 30, 1896 TO DECEMBER 29, 1912.
