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- Cordoba, Argentina
- San Telmo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Cementerio de Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Buenos Aires, Argentina
Cementerio de Recoleta is a must for people visiting Buenos Aires. The place is so jam packed with mausoleums statues and architectural details that one could spend a whole day to see it all.
![Cristo Central](http://kevinstravelblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/P1030991-1024x576.jpg)
![Cementerio de Recoleta](http://kevinstravelblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/P1030914-1024x768.jpg)
![Cementerio de Recoleta](http://kevinstravelblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/P1030920-1024x768.jpg)
![Cementerio de Recoleta](http://kevinstravelblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/P1030925-768x1024.jpg)
![Cementerio de Recoleta](http://kevinstravelblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/P1030933-1024x768.jpg)
![Cementerio de Recoleta](http://kevinstravelblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/P1030930-1024x768.jpg)
![Cementerio de Recoleta](http://kevinstravelblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/P1030939-1024x768.jpg)
![Cementerio de Recoleta](http://kevinstravelblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/P1030968-768x1024.jpg)
![Cementerio de Recoleta](http://kevinstravelblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/P1030972-768x1024.jpg)
![Cementerio de Recoleta](http://kevinstravelblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/P1030944-768x1024.jpg)
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![Cementerio de Recoleta](http://kevinstravelblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/P1030952-1024x768.jpg)
There are lots of important Argentine people buried here, from former presidents to artists to sports figures.
![Luis Firpo](http://kevinstravelblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/P1030942-768x1024.jpg)
Evita’s burial place is easy to spot because you can always find a group of people standing around it at any time. She is in her family’s mausoleum.
![Evita Duarte (de Peron) resting place](http://kevinstravelblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/P1030983-768x1024.jpg)
Some tombs were unkept and in pretty bad shape. Some have even been vandalized.
![Unkept Tomb](http://kevinstravelblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/P1030926-1024x768.jpg)
![Vandalized Tomb](http://kevinstravelblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/P1030918-1024x768.jpg)
There were however workers doing restoration work at the main entrance.
![Restoration work at front entrance](http://kevinstravelblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/P1030961-1024x768.jpg)