General Cemetery of Guayaquil

Guayas · Ecuador · Cemetery

To Guayaquil's white city of mausoleums, the veiled lady lures her victims in the dark of the new moon.

Guayaquil's grand cemetery of 1843, called the white city of the dead, climbs Cerro del Carmen with marble angels and stately mausoleums. Here, according to legend, La Dama Tapada leads her victims: an elegant woman in colonial dress and veil who on new-moon nights seduces night wanderers with an intoxicating scent. Whoever lifts the veil meets a rotting face with eyes glowing like coals. The cemetery's statues are also said to stir at dusk, and its legends have made it the centre of the city's dark-tourism trail.

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Where is General Cemetery of Guayaquil located?

General Cemetery of Guayaquil is in Guayas, Ecuador.

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Accounts are drawn from local folklore and visitor reports.