Cementerio de Recoleta, 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.
Cementerio de Recoleta
Cementerio de Recoleta
Cementerio de Recoleta
Cementerio de Recoleta
Cementerio de Recoleta
Cementerio de Recoleta
Cementerio de Recoleta
Tomb of Liliana Crociati de Szaszak
Cementerio de Recoleta
Cementerio de Recoleta
Cementerio de Recoleta
Cementerio de Recoleta
- Cementerio de Recoleta
Mausoleum interior
There are lots of important Argentine people buried here, from former presidents to artists to sports figures.
Luis Firpo
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
Evita Duarte (de Peron) resting place
Some tombs were unkept and in pretty bad shape. Some have even been vandalized.
- Unkept Tomb
Vandalized tomb
There were however workers doing restoration work at the main entrance.
Restoration work at front entrance