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Cemitério da Consolação (Consolation Cemetery) is a cemetery in São Paulo, Brazil. Located in the district of Consolação, it was founded in August 15, 1858, with the name of Cemitério Municipal (Municipal Cemetery), being the city's first public graveyard. The cemetery is known by its pieces of funerary art, with graves, statues and mausoleums built and sculpted by artists such as Victor Brecheret, Ramos de Azevedo, Luigi Brizzolara and Galileo Emendabili.