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This area represents art, elegance, leisure and night life, characteristics which concentrate the many characters of the porte?os ?lite. It is called after the Convent of Recoletos Fathers Congregation, the church "Our Lady of Pilar" (inaugurated in 1732), and the cemetery where various national heroes lay. You can find here the Museum of Fine Arts, the "Palais de Glace" and the Recoleta Cultural Center characterizing the area with a marked artistic fashion, enriched by the presence of artisans and artists. Sophisticated restaurants, caf?s and discos in the Recoleta neighborhood give this area unique charming characteristics. A cemetery may not be everyone?s idea of a tourist attraction, but La Recoleta, founded in 1822, is one of the most famous in the world. Much to the dismay of Buenos Aires?s privileged families, it is the final resting place of Maria Eva Duarte Per?n or Evita as she is also known. A steady succession of locals and foreigners visit the site in order to pay homage to one of Argentina?s most illustrious figures. The vault is deliberately unsignposted but this doesn?t deter anyone. The burial site can easily be located by following the guided tour groups or by seeking out the mass of bouquets that are always being left. The populist sentiment of the inscription on Eva?s tomb, Volver? y ser? millones (?I will return and be millions?), did not enamour this woman to the descendants of the members of Porte?o high society buried around her. She lies in a supposedly secure grave two metres (six feet) below concrete, but hers is not the most impressive vault by any means. The cemetery is filled with a wide range of vaults, containing the bodies of writers, scientists, national heroes and former presidents, exhibiting a vast variety of architectural styles and stones. It is a pleasant stroll through the labyrinths just looking at the inscriptions, in the shade of the trees, as the feral cats lazily prowl around or sleep on their favourite tombstones.
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| | | | Recoleta: Plaza Carlos Pellegrini | Tip Rating: | | | | |
Una de las más bellas de la ciudad, donde se conserva un conjunto de importantes residencias. El edificio de las calles Libertad y Alvear, obra de Pater y Morza en las líneas del primer Racionalismo de los años 30, con imágenes de los barcos, ventanas redondas, suaves curvas evitando aristas y cubiertas formando viseras. A la izquierda puede verse el Monumento al Dr. Carlos Pellegrini , ex Presidente de la Nación y fundador de importantes instituciones, como el Jockey Club y el Banco Nación, entre otros. Es obra del escultor francés Julio Coutan, de 1914. One of the most beautiful of the city, where a group of important residences is conserved. The building of the streets Libertad and Alvear, work of Pater and Morza in the lines of the first Rationalism of the years 30, with images of the ships, windows round, soft curves avoiding edges and covers forming visors. To the left he/she can the Monument it turns to the Dr. Carlos Pellegrini, former President of the Nation and founder of important institutions, as the Jockey Club and the Bank Nation, among others. It is the French sculptor's work Julio Coutan, 1914. Leave a Comment Address: Libertad y AlvearDirections: This is a worth visiting neighborhood
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| | | | Recoleta: Banyan Tree | Tip Rating: | | | | |
After emerging from the Recoleta Cemetery, we strolled though the shade trees of the surrounding small Plaza Alvear toward the nearby shopping area. Although we had seen an impressive Banyan tree in the Plaza de Congreso on our first day in the city, the size of the Banyan tree here just blew me away! Banyan trees are native to India and adjacent countries and are actually a type of strangler Fig. Very often, they germinate from a seed dropped by a bird into the foliage of another type of tree. The seed sprouts there and sends it's roots down to ground level. As it grows over time it's numerous roots completely encase it's original host, killing the tree. By then, the well-established Banyan continues to send it's branches out horizontally, with further support roots dropping down to ground level every so often. Banyan trees, with the world's largest leafy crown, can grow to be 100-ft high and cover an area of 1-2 acres (0.8 hectares). Because of their often hollow main trunk, where the original host used to reside, determining their age can be difficult. They are estimated to have a 1000-year life span but reports put this tree in Buenos Aires at between 200-350 years old. I noticed that some of the large branches had man-made supports to keep them airborne, probably due to some of the 'down roots' being lost due to human interference. Leave a Comment Directions: Outside Recoleta Cemetery in Plaza Alvear
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