Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, the great ‘King’ Pelé, already rests in a 14-story cemetery in his native Santos, Sao Paulo state. The death of the soccer star revealed to the whole world the existence of vertical graveyardsa novelty in this business.
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In Peru there is one in the Parque del Recuerdo de Puente Piedra cemetery, at kilometer 29.5 of the North Pan-American Highway and has eight floors.
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“For us, the complex of niches or vertical cemetery represents modernity and perpetuity. We highly value our Catholic faith. For this reason, the complex is blessed and is worthy for the eternal rest of loved ones. Our vertical cemetery or complex of niches can be considered the first and largest in the northern area.“, said Waldo Sierracommercial manager of Parque del Recuerdo.
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said goodbye to Pelé at the Santos Stadium. Photo: AFP.
He indicated that these are perpetual spaces that are distinguished by their modernity, peace, tranquility, spaciousness, comfort (it has an elevator with capacity for up to 10 people), design and style, and availability of spaces. (attribute valued in times of Covid-19).
THE PELE CASE
The cemetery where ‘O rei’ finally rests is called Ecumenical Necropolis and it is only 850 meters from the Santos stadium, the place where Pelé established himself as one of the best soccer players in history.
20 years ago, Edson Arantes Do Nascimento chose his place to be buried: The largest vertical cemetery in America, which It has 14 floors, it is 4,108 meters high and contains 14,000 funerary graves.
In Pele’s words: “I chose it for its organization, cleanliness and structure. It is a place that transmits spiritual peace and tranquility, where the person does not get depressed, it does not even look like a cemetery”.
The Brazilian soccer legend, who passed away on Thursday, December 29, bought this space to place his coffin on the ninth floor. She chose this number, where the Vila stadium is curiously visible Belmiro del Santoswhich is also only 850 meters away.
They are also buried in the same cemetery.Pelé’s brother, Jair Arantes do Nascimento, Zoca, deceased in 2020; his daughter, Sandra Arantes do Nascimento, who died in 2006; as well as Antonio Wilson Honório, Coutinho, Pelé’s attack partner in the legendary Santos, two-time world champion in 1962/1963, who died in 2019.
FIRED
The King of Football had a historic farewell at the stadium Vila Belmiro, from the Santos FC club. The star died at the age of 82 at the Albert Einstein Hospital in São Paulo and before leaving he left some requests such as that his wake be in the stadium where he was happy so many times.
His children were in charge of accompanying the remains of their father and making him enter the lawn of the colossus and open the coffin, which was one of the demands, while alive, world champion and be able to say goodbye to his people.
A few minutes after the wake began Gianni Infantino, boss of FIFAwas present at the Santos stadium accompanied by the president of CONMEBOL, Alejandro Domínguez, together they approached to honor the legend and express their condolences to the family together with the head of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), Edinaldo Rodrigues.
Infantino dedicated a few words to the most important footballer in history. “Pele is eternal. Pele is a world soccer icon. Pele did a lot of things first in football that 99% can only dream of doing and the other 1% did after Pele. That is why we are here with enormous sadness, but also with joy, the joy of Pelé. Pele’s smile.” express.
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