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 Rest In Peace at La Recoleta by mtncorg
La Recoleta also emphasizes the oligarchic nature of society in BsAs. Money alone does not ensure entombment here. Societal position and family name remain very important factors. There is a much larger BsAs cemetery for the more common at la Chacarita – found across the street from the end of subway B line. Here there are thousands buried. Juan Peron, himself, is here, a short distance away from the tango legend Carlos Gardel. Both cemeteries are open from 7am to 6 pm. See my TL on ‘Argentine History Entombed’ for more on the cemetery at la Recoleta. Leave a Comment Directions: This is a worth visiting neighborhood
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 Wandering the Alleyways of the
Vaults by Bwana_Brown
Argentinians have a strange fascination for the deceased and, in fact, sometimes quote the date of a person's death as the official 'marker' for the person rather than their birth date. The crypts here are so ornate that seventy of them, along with the entrance gate, have been declared National Historic Sites. In fact, the saying is that it is cheaper to live a life of extravagance in this neighbourhood than it is to pay for your time in Recoleta! Indeed, money alone does not always guarantee admitance to this exclusive club - it is your surname and pedigree that also matters.
We enjoyed our walk among the ornate crypts, with the above ground portion merely the tip of the iceburg. Deep under each one, are burial chambers set up to hold the entire clan. Leave a Comment Directions: This is a worth visiting neighborhood
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 Evita Peron's Vault by Bwana_Brown
After Eva died of cancer in 1952 during Juan's first term, her body was embalmed in the hope that she might rise again. Shortly afterward, in 1955, Juan was forced from office and one of his bitter foes had Eva's body sent to to an unheard of cemetery in Italy, while Juan himself spent his years in exile in Madrid, Spain. In 1970, the perpetrator of the deed was assassinated and his body was then held as a bargaining chip for revealing where Eva was buried in Italy. Once her body was returned to Juan in Spain, the other body was released to his relatives for burial in Recoleta. In 1974, Juan Peron returned to power in Argentina and brought Eva back with him, to finally be interred in Recoleta only a few tombs away from her 'body snatcher'!
The cemetery was not too crowded when we visited, but the one place where we did have to deal with a small line was in front of Eva's vault. Leave a Comment
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 Eva Peron's Small Burial
Plaque by Bwana_Brown
The Duarte vault is not even located on one of the main corridors of Recoleta, but is instead just an average tomb down a typical small side alleyway. There is no 'sign' pointing you to it's location, but if you follow the crowds you probably will find it without too much difficulty.
Just to make sure that Eva's body does not experience another unintended trip across the Atlantic Ocean, she is buried 27-feet deep in the locked Duarte concrete vault! Leave a Comment Directions: This is a worth visiting neighborhood
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At the very least, a visit to Recoleta Cemetery should disabuse you of the notion that all are equal in death.
The cemetery covers 13½ acres of prime property and has more than 6,400 tombs and mausoleums, 70 of which have been declared historic monuments. The mausoleums resemble chapels, Greek temples, pyramids, and miniature mansions.
Numerous Argentine presidents are buried here, including Domingo Sarmiento and Juan Manuel de Rosas, a tyrant who once slaughtered his opponents against these very cemetery walls.
One of the most visited tombs — by tourists and locals alike — is Evita Peron's.
This cemetery was a church graveyard until 1882 when the Governor opened it to the general public and renamed it Cemetery of the North.
The majority of materials used in the construction of tombs between 1880 and 1930 were imported from Paris and Milan, and important sculptural works grace many of the tombs.
Open Hours:
7 h - 18 h, daily
Duration:
As much as you like.
Price:
Free entrance. Leave a Comment Phone: +54 11 4804 7040Directions: Recoleta District
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Recoleta Cemetery (1822) is the last resting place of the prominent in Argentina. It was mid-day when we made our way through the narrow walkways formed by row after row of miniature mausoleums--6400 people are entombed within the thirteen acre cemetery.
The heat radiated off the tombs, yet many people were taking their time reading the plaques affixed to their walls. Presidents, dignitaries and the celebrated rest in family crypts here. It is a place for the affluent, yet a commoner was buried in this cemetery, too...Eva Peron, (wife of Argentinian leader Juan Peron) who is lying in the Duarte family tomb. We noticed it was a popular stop with the visitors.
Most of the graves are well kept, but a few were decaying from lack of care, displaying shattered windows and discheveled contents like altars and stained altar cloths. While visitors roamed the grounds, cats soaked up the sun on the tomb's marble steps seemingly oblivious to passers by.
Recoleta is open daily from 8 am -6 pm.
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There are several options for visiting Recoleta Cemetery. There are free guided tours, currently at 11 am on Tuesday and Thursday in English. There are paid tours such as the one offered by Tango History Tours, many of the city tours include a stop here or you can do like we did and do a self guided tour. It seemed like a lot of the bus tours were there right about 11 am so this might not be the best time to visit.
Most people will seek out Evita's tomb (look for Family Duarte, not Peron) because she will be the only person buried there that they know. But have a look around at some of the other tombs, works of art created in memory of their loved ones.
The only other person we knew of was Luis Firpo, a heavyweight boxer made famous by his fight with Jack Dempsey, immortalized in a painting by George Bellows. You'll also want to find the tomb for the Paz Family who owned the La Prensa newspaper and the Art Deco tomb that was erected by the mother of Rufina Cambaceres who was buried alive because she was in a coma, subsequently saved by some workers who heard her screaming.
I noticed that a lot of the tombs bore the same names as the streets in Buenos Aires, if you go on a guided tour, surely they would tell you the history behind some of these names.
If you are visiting on a Saturday or Sunday, be sure to check out the Recolata Market nearby. And watch out for all the resident cats, local ladies feed the cats daily and they can be seen darting in and out of the alley ways. Leave a Comment
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This is on EVERYONE's list, and with good reason. Once you get inside the cemetery gates, you've entered a new world. Not just a spooky world of the buried, but really and truly, a city of the dead.
It's really a beautiful world. With great architecture, and fantastic marble, and granite, and bronze sculptural markers. Of course, if you follow the crowds, you'll come upon the cemetery's most famous inhabitant, Evita...there will probably be some flowers, and lots of people posing for photos in front of her final resting place. Leave a Comment Directions: Recolata
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I might ask why I would visit cemetery, living of the dead. La Recoleta Cemetery historically is well known and attracts many visitors. It is where rich and famous Argentineans are buried.
I don’t know much the history of Argentina, but I have heard of Eva Peron from the movie Evita starring Madonna. "Dont cry for me Argentina". La Recoleta cemetery is her final resting place.
When we arrived at the cemetery the first we look for was her grave. Her grave is not just a grave, it is more like mausoleum. Compare to some of other mausoleum Eva tomb is simple. There are many marble plaques of her written in Spanish.
La Recoleta cemetery is one of the most important and beautiful cemetery in the world. As you enter you will see four ancient Greek columns. Inside the cemetery is laid out in sections, trees on both sides of the walkways leading to different mausoleums decorated with statues, Christian crucifixion and one we saw with Jewish symbol. There are mausoleums more elaborate than others even ostentatious.
I must admit it was worth visiting this grand La Recoleta Cemetery.
The cemetery is open every day from 10am until 5pm.
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 Evita Peron poster, Buenos
Aires, Argentina by jumpingnorman, 3 more photos
I entered the place and noticed groups of people/tourists going in as well. I saw a map and just tried to picture how to get to Evita’s tomb, but it was easier to just follow where the groups of people were going - to Evita!
There’s a lot of nice and big marble and granite tombs for the rich and famous, and I saw stray cats sleeping on the structures. At Evita’s tomb which was on a narrow pathway, you would see the bronze plaque bearing her name. I already read beforehand that the tomb was not impressive and just small, but what was nice was that people still offered flowers to this celebrity first lady who died at 33 yo of uterine cancer in 1952. She had a lot of charisma since she came from the working class and ended up at the top of the political ladder. Remember Madonna even made a musical about this Argentinian legend.
If you are up for a snack, the cemetery also has elegant café patios beside it. I just went there during the day - I think at night, the spirits might eat with you... Leave a Comment
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