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Collections: Prize-winning works from the National Salons (1911-1998) - Plastic Arts (Painting and Sculpture, 423 works), Engraving and Drawing (191 works), Textile Art (42 works), Ceramic Art (62 works) and Photography (62 works).
Activities: Temporary exhibits of national and international Contemporary Art.
Patrimonio: Obras premiadas de los Salones Nacionales (1911-1998): Artes Plasticas (Pintura y Escultura, 423 obras); Grabado y Dibujo (191 obras); Arte Textil (42 obras); Arte Ceramico (62 obras), y Fotografia (62 obras).
Actividades: Exposiciones temporarias de Arte Contemporaneo nacionales y extranjeras.
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DOMINGOS 7 pm
15 de marzo Agrupación Cultural y Popular Los Rengos del Bajo (murga)
22 de marzo Banda Sinfónica de Ciegos (Secretaría de Cultura de la Nación) Leave a Comment Address: Posadas 1725Phone: 4804-1163/4324 805-4354Directions: Martes a domingos de 14 a 20 hs. Tuesdays to sundays from 2 pm to 8 pmWebsite: http://www.palaisdeglace.org/
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Outside of the walled city is a huge area bursting with life. Street Artists vie with Street Sellers to attract your attention. This is the Plaza Francia and bright flowers and ornate handmade crafts cover a huge area. Now just step a few feet past this explosion of colour, inside the walls, and enter the CITY OF THE DEAD. Not a town, but a City full of buildings, tree lined avenues and side streets packed with people. The past residents of Buenos Aires. In fact the Social Elite of Argentina. A veritable Who's Who of rich businessmen, politicians, artists, and the other Aristocracy of this Latin land. It is a cold, grey and austere city. Yet, it is compelling to walk its tombed streets.
No cemetery on earth is like it. There are not single graves, but mausoleums rivalling modern office buildings. Many are multi-story and enough have doors and windows so that you can see the stairs leading not just down, but often up. Many of these buildings are marked only by the family name on the outside. The local culture of life and death is enshrined here. Many plaques only have the date of death, not birth.
Also, is a Latin American tradition for females to keep the family name even after marriage, so you will find the city's most well known resident in the mausoleum marked 'FAMILA DUARTE'. The larger avenues are peppered with statues to the great, the good and the powerful. In many societies the powerful are humbled in death and little remembered. Here, they keep their status and grandeur. The marble and stone buildings a final acknowledgement of family wealth.
Wander to the left and chase a few of the resident cats to find what you came to see - the final resting arrangements of Evita Peron. Actress, Champion of the sick & poor, wife to a President and Politician in her own right. Separated only in death, she is buried in the Duarte family crypt. Her husband is strangely not even in Recoleta.
And now flee through the gates - you are suddenly back in the Plaza Francia with all of its vibrant activities of life Leave a Comment Address: At the North end of Av del LibertadorDirections: Cementerio de la Recoleta . The North East section of BA - Recoleta Neighbourhood. If you cannot find Evita's grave yourself and the other tourists are lost as well, do not worry. A small child will show up to 'guide' you. Pay him pennies, no more.
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Opposite the Recoleta Square and Nuestra Senora de Pilar- parish lies the famous cemetery,where the graves and mausoleums of many influential and important persons can be visited.
Eva Peron, the wife of former president Peron is buried in the tomb of the DUARTE-family (her maiden-name), as her husband got again married after her dead in 1952 and his second wife did not condone her coffin to be buried in the Peron-mausoleum.
In fact Eva Peron`s coffin vanished shortly after her dead and was brought to and hidden in Milan, Italy for 16 years by the military government, that followed Peron. It is said, that the government wanted to avoid the creation of a "national heroine" after the early dead of Eva, as she already was revered and adored by the poor, thus creating a certain myth around the name of Peron, who was striving for presidency and got elected again in 1973. Leave a Comment Address: opposite N.S Pilar Parish, RecoletaDirections: see map at http://www.info-recoleta.com/mapa-recorrido-recoleta.htmWebsite: http://www.recoleta.com.ar/
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Recoleta is one of the most expensive residential neighborhoods in Buenos Aires. It is a nice area with some beautiful buildings, parks and of course Recoleta Cemetery. The area also has some interesting shops, restaurants and galleries. Many affluent hotels are in Recoletta as well as seeral foregn embassy buildings. Leave a Comment Directions: This is a worth visiting neighborhood
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I spend a morning in Recoleta district, one of the richest districts in the capital. First I visited the Basilica Nuestra Senora del Pilar, a not so big church that was built in 1732 by Jesuit monks and it’s located next to the cemetery. I liked some paintings here and the golden altar but I think it was too kitch for a church!
Then I visited the famous cemetery of Recoleta, a big cemetery that was built in 1822, with many narrow streets. Hopefully, they gave me a map at the entrance so to know where some of the famous “oweners” of the tombs are! The number of the tombs rises up to more than 6.000 (!) and some of them are historic monuments.
Most of the visitors were there for the tomb of Evita Peron of course. Eva Peron (1919-1952) became famous as the first lady of Argentina(1946-52) as the second wife of president Peron. It was july 26, 1952 when she died of cancer at the age of 33. All activity in Argentina stopped and the majority of the population went into mourning with thousand of people block every street outside the presidential residence with 8 of them crushed to death because of the crowd waves coming endlessly from every corner of Buenos Aires! Her body was stolen (!) in 1955, it resurfaced in 1971 and returned to Buenos Aires in 1974 from Italy! It was in presidential crypt but then the put it in Recoleta for extra protection (the heavy steel layers are safe but nothing interesting to see…)
After the cemetery I walked the streets of Recoleta, first at av. Alvear with some upscale shops. At the corner with Posadas street I saw the General Alvear monument.
Don't miss the museum of Fine Arts(museo de bellas artes). It is at av.del Libertador 1473, where you can see works by Rembrandt, van Gogh etc opened tuesday-sunday after 12:30am(sat/sun after 9:30am)
Then I went to eat some ice cream because I couldn’t stand walking anymore… Directions: Recoleta is located north of Retiro area
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On Saturday mornings (although things really don't go into full swing until noon or a little after) this hillside becomes chock full of stands selling all kinds of arts, crafts, jewelry, knick knacks, etc.
Since many tourists attend this fair and the walkways tend to get jammed with people, this is a prime opportunity to get pickpocketed. By the same token, there are quite a few uniformed police circulating, but just be aware. Leave a Comment Address: Plaza Intendente AlvearDirections: Outside of and down the hill from the entrance to Recoleta Cemetery.
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While walking towards Cementerio de la Recoleta we visited Nuestra Señora del Pilar. Inside the white colonial church the interior resembled baroque style with beautiful ornate interior. Nuestra Señora del Pilar is a Catholic Church. Address: Junín 1904, RecoletaPhone: (011) 4803 6793Directions: Between the Cementerio de la Recoleta and the Centro Cultural Recoleta
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