The Cementerio Santa María Magdalena de Pazzis is a small bleach-white graveyard tucked between the seaward walls of El Morro and the cliffs above La Perla. It dates from the 1860s, when the city outgrew the parish burial grounds inside the walls. The chapel in the middle is a circular neoclassical building topped by a dome.
The cemetery holds the graves of many of Puerto Rico's leading nineteenth and twentieth-century figures, from independence leaders to artists and politicians. You reach it through a long pedestrian tunnel under the city ramparts. The setting — white tombs, blue Atlantic, and the citadel of El Morro looming above — is one of the most striking views in the old city, but visit during the day; the area is isolated after dark.