Pelé’s Mausoleum opens to the public on Monday (15) – 05/10/2023 – Sport

The mausoleum where Pelé’s body lies, in the vertical cemetery Memorial Necrópole Ecumenica, in Santos, in Baixada Santista, will open for public visitation from next Monday (15). The information was collected by Sheet.

Sought after, the advice of the administration of the place still does not confirm the date, but says that there is already the approval of the family for the opening to the public next week.

Edson Arantes do Nascimento, the King of football, died on December 29th and was buried on January 3rd of this year.

To enter, you will need to register on the Memorial group website. There will be no maximum length of stay. On the opening day, family members of the former player will be present.

thousand goal car

In addition to access to the mausoleum, the cemetery administration will also put on permanent display on the ground floor a car that became the King’s favorite: a Mercedes-Benz S-280, delivered to him by the German automaker in 1974.

The car is a gift for the thousandth career goal, scored in the 2-1 victory over Vasco, on November 19, 1969, at the Maracanã stadium, in Rio de Janeiro.

Mercedes-Benz delivered the 250 W 114 model in 1969, but five years later it switched to another new model, the S-280. Pelé even sold the car, recovered with original parts by the automaker, armored and returned to him in 2004. The vehicle went through 18 different owners.

The 200 m² mausoleum was designed on December 18, 2018 by Argentine businessman José Salomon Altstut, known as Pepe Altstut, to honor his personal friend after death.

He turned to the Spanish artist Hugo Garcia to anticipate a farewell worthy of the King — who approved the idea. The space was just set up in 2020 and subsequently locked under lock and key.

The project is to turn the place into a kind of new tourist spot in Santos.

The mausoleum has two statues that measure 1.73 m – Pelé’s height– and weigh 130 kilos, sculpted in brass by Garcia. The floor is entirely covered with synthetic grass, which simulates a football field, and there are pictures of fans on the walls.

The tomb is lined with mirrored golden aluminum plates and four panels made by Garcia with a mixture of fiberglass and bronze powder. Two portray a goal by Pelé and two others the famous celebration with a punch in the air.

In the four corners of the tomb, of the same material, there are angle brackets. They have different shapes: they start with the planet Earth at the top and have details such as the Jules Rimet cup, a crown and a shirt with the number ten. They end on a soccer ball.

In addition, there is a reproduced sky above and Carrara marble finishes. Inside the mausoleum, a shirt from the Brazilian team and another from Santos.

Despite being a cemetery, the memorial has been approved for more than 20 years by the Guinness Book of Records as the tallest cemetery in the world, with a total area of ​​40,000 m², 90% of which is a native and preserved area of ​​the Atlantic Forest. It usually promotes exhibitions and performs some shows.

In the Valongo neighborhood, central region of the municipality, the museum that bears the name of the King has been in operation since 2014. In January, 11,349 people passed through the site. The number is the second highest since the opening month of the space, in June 2014, with 23,960 people.

So far, only registration of the entrance to the site has been allowed.