Christ the Redeemer Cemetery Personal collection/Luiz Henrique Araújo Did you know that an area currently occupied by a condominium in the south of Porto Velho once functioned as the city's public cemetery? The old Christ the Redeemer Cemetery was located in the Eletronorte neighborhood, close to the João Paulo II Hospital, an area that today is known for concentrating properties in one of the most valued areas of the capital. ?Download the g1 app to see RO news in real time and for free. The story begins in 1967, when Porto Velho City Hall decided to create the Christ the Redeemer Cemetery to replace the then overcrowded Innocents Cemetery. The information is highlighted in research by historian Luís Henrique Araújo. But the change was not immediate. According to the historian, the new cemetery still underwent adaptation work and only really began to operate in 1970, when it began to receive the first burials. The problem is that choosing the area caused difficulties in the early years. During the rainy season, the place flooded frequently due to the high water table. This hampered burials and raised health concerns, as there was a risk of contamination of the soil and nearby shallow wells. READ ALSO: TRT-14 opens selection with 11 vacancies in home office; see who can participate Detran releases service to register vehicle without leaving home in RO; see the step by step Medical student who ran over and killed an elderly man had already been arrested after damaging a police vehicle in RO See the videos trending on g1:
From cemetery to condominium: discover the history of the residential building built in an old burial area in RO
Christ the Redeemer Cemetery Personal collection/Luiz Henrique Araújo Did you know that an area currently occupied by a condominium in the south of Porto Velho once functioned as the city's public cemetery? The old...
Even with adaptations, the situation was not resolved. In 1975, City Hall decided to disable the cemetery for new burials. The decision was made official in Decree No. 641, of January 20, 1975, which determined the closure of the Innocents and Christ the Redeemer cemeteries. In practice, this meant that the two spaces would no longer receive new burials. The reason was the lack of capacity at the Cemetery of the Innocents and, in the case of Christ the Redeemer, the constant flooding and the high cost of maintaining the area. The decree itself mentions that maintaining operation would require expensive drainage works, with no guarantee of a definitive solution. As a result, the City Hall opened a new cemetery in another area of ??the city, on the banks of the road that gives access to Cachoeira de Santo Antônio, on the Rio Madeira River. From then on, burials were interrupted and the space began to lose its original function, following the urban growth of Porto Velho. From cemetery to residential area Years later, the land would undergo a complete transformation. According to the historian, the process of removing the bodies took place definitively in 1982, seven years after the deactivation, in an operation that involved the City Hall and companies linked to the Samuel Hydroelectric Plant. The proposal was to transform the area into a planned residential village, intended mainly for Eletronorte employees, such as engineers and doctors. The work of exhuming and transferring the remains began with a mass and brought together family members who accompanied the transfer. Around 690 burials were removed from the site and taken to the Santo Antônio Cemetery, a process that lasted around a year. In place of the old cemetery, a closed residential complex emerged, which over the years has established itself as a valued area in the south of Porto Velho, marked by urban growth and the city's real estate expansion.
