Brazilian football legend purchased mausoleum space 19 years ago because it ‘doesn’t look like a cemetery’
Police officers carry the coffin of Brazilian football legend Pele during his funeral ceremony in Santos. Pelé will be buried in Memorial Ecumenical Cemetery, a high-rise building that holds the Guinness world record for the tallest cemetery on Earth.Police officers carry the coffin of Brazilian football legend Pele during his funeral ceremony in Santos.
Located in Santos, the south-eastern port city where “The King” played for most of his storied career, the cemetery has a total area of 40,000 sq meters and features a 24-hour restaurant, a chapel, an automobile museum, a small fish pond and an aviary. The entrance to the mausoleum where the coffin of the late Brazilian football star Pelé will rest at the Santos’ Memorial Cemetery in Santos.
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