Nueva Esperanza Cemetery

The Virgen de Lourdes Cemetery (Spanish: Cementerio Virgen de Lourdes), popularly known as Nueva Esperanza, is a popular cemetery located in the district of Villa María del Triunfo, Lima, Peru.

It was created in 1961 with the purpose of being used by immigrants from other provinces.

[1] It is settled on 60 hectares and contains more than a million tombs.

[2] The site is considered a tourist attraction, frequented by two million people each year to cultural activities.

[3][4][5] It is the largest cemetery in Peru, in addition to being the second in the world behind Wadi-us-Salaam.