Pele's gilded, turf-lined mausoleum opens to public in Brazil
View of the entrance to the mausoleum where the coffin of late Brazilian football star Pele rests in Santos, Brazil on May 15, 2023. PHOTO | NELSON ALMEIDA | AFP
It is a final resting place fit for "The King". Six months after the death of the man widely considered the greatest footballer of all time, Brazil opened Pele's gilded football-turfed tomb to the public on Monday.
Pele, who died on December 29 at age 82 after a battle with cancer, was laid to rest at the Ecumenical Memorial Cemetery in Santos in Brazil. It is a high-rise, 14-story mausoleum that holds the Guinness world record for the tallest cemetery on Earth.