San Fernando Cemetery museum and church

Located in Plaza de San Fernando No. 17, Col. Guerrero. Between Puente de Alvarado and Vicente Guerrero, in the heart of the city.

The church San Fernando was  built  between 1735 and 1751, by the order of the Franciscanos, it's an example of the architectural style Barroco Novohispano. 

In the beginning, it was a religious college, but when Benito Juarez was President of Mexico, he enacted the “Leyes de Reforma”. And in that time, the temple was divided in three parts, the first one was the church, the second one was a library, and the last one, a cemetery, the first two parts were stolen and some elements destroyed. 

The cemetery of San Fernando is one of the oldest cemeteries in Mexico City, and it's an example of architecture and mortuary art from the nineteenth century. The cemetery worked between 1832 and 1871.

In this place, there is tombs of important characters from Mexico's history, such as Benito Juarez, who was Mexico's president between 1858 and 1872, other character at the cemetery is Miguel Miramón, he was Mexico's interim president between 1859 and 1860. General Ignacio Zaragoza can also be found at this place.

Recently, the cemetery became a museum, it's an interesting point of the City, it's access free, and is opened every day.