Recoleta Cemetary

Caskets of the Rich and Famous

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July 5th 2007
After my class yesterday afternoon I went on a school-organized tour advertising itself as a tour of La Recoleta. You may recall that this is the barrio where I stayed my first night in Argentina and is known for being very posh. I didn’t get to see much of it in that one day, and hoped the tour would introduce me to more of it. Turns out, it was mainly a tour of La Recoleta Cemetary. This is w ... 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