Cementerio General Presbitero Villon

Only a park if you don't know the history

The whole place is one huge park. On a clear day you get good views of the mountains, but on a rainy day there's not shelter. There are "guides" who explain you the history of the terrible incident an...

A significant landmark in Huaraz

Right in the middle of Yungay, where an avalanche swept the entire town in 1970, buriying 22,000 people in just two minutes. The cemetery holds the history of the region, where you can see the familie...

Camino al Mirador

Take a bus and tell the driver you are going to stop here, so then you can walk 3km to get to the view point of Huaraz.

Veneration of the Dead

The contemporary veneration of the dead in Huaraz is not only an acculturation from christian beliefs but also from Andean ones. Although the Huaraz cemetery has a christian/contemporary outlook, cert...

Yungay Cemetery

Original Text

It was one of the places that, at a certain height over the village of Yungay, was not spoiled by the flood that destroyed entirely by causing tens of thousands of deaths and was not spoiled.