Colon Cemetery, Havana

One of the largest and most elaborate cemeteries in the Americas, laid out in the 1870s on a strict grid covering more than fifty hectares. Its avenues are lined with monumental marble tombs, chapels and sculptures commissioned by Havana's wealthy families, ranging from neoclassical to art-nouveau styles. A domed central chapel anchors the plan. The most visited grave belongs to a woman revered as a folk saint, where mourners leave offerings. Named for Christopher Columbus, it functions as an open-air gallery of funerary art.