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Recoleta Cemetary

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March 15th 2007
While in Beunos Aires, we toured the famous Recoleta Cemetery. It was strange to be touring a cemetery as if it was an amusement park, oohing and ahhing at the magnificent marble works. An amazing thing about the place is that the tombs descend into the earth a long way....we were able to glimpse one open mausoleum that dropped about six meters down! Tiny caskets brought us back to reality as we i ... read more

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Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... ... read more