Rosario Cemetery

Beautiful, old Catholic cemetery, located just north of downtown Santa Fe. It is a 5 STAR Unilocal kind of place to be buried in because it is loaded with history & has the sacred bones of many a friar and nun resting in it.
Rosario Cemetery was established in the year 1868 and is the repository of many historical treasures and has many private family mausoleums. In addition, there are numerous burial sections dedicated to those who came before and helped settle the region of Santa Fe in northern New Mexico.
Rosario Chapel, located within Rosario Cemetery, commemorates the military victory of De Vargas over the Pueblo Indians in 1692, and is the terminus of the annual historic De Vargas procession. There is also the custom of celebrating Guadalupe Day, Christmas Eve and other holidays here at this unique cemetery, by the lighting of numerous bonfires. This tradition «is an echo of „ye olden“ days that gives Santa Fe a charm peculiarly its own,» according to
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What I liked so much about the Rosario Cemetery, which I visited recently, while in Santa Fe, is that it is an unapologetic Catholic kind of place. It’s location – within the busy hub of the city of Santa Fe – was, at first, a little off-​putting. But then as I thought about it, the dead, while buried, are still just as much a part of life as anything else in this gorgeous, bustling New Mexico city. To have such a historical cemetery right there, in your midst, was actually a blessing in disguise! 5 Unilocal STARS.