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In
Necropolis
Cristobal Colon, Havana's 'City of the Dead', lies
the grave of La Milagrosa, a turn-of-the-century woman
who died during childbirth, was mourned by a heartbroken
husband and is revered by Cubans as their unofficial
saint.
La
Milagrosa, Spanish for "The Miraculous One,''
was in life one Amelia Goyri de Adot, who died May
3, 1901, while giving birth to a son. The infant,
who also died, was buried in the same coffin as his
mother, lying at her feet.
According
to the legend often told among those who visit her
grave at the massive cemetery, situated just blocks
from the Plaza of the Revolution, her husband, Eduardo
Adot y Lopez, was so grief-stricken that he would
come and visit as many as three times a day. He
would leave flowers and knock against the cement
burial vault with one of the four brass rings attached
to the lid, as if to let her know he was there.
As
he left, he would always back away from her grave,
so as to gaze on it for as long as possible. |
