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Recoleta Cemetary (March 3rd)

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March 3rd 2006
If you are Argentine, wealthy and dead, you are probably buried in the Recoleta Cemetary. The place has always fascinated me. In many ways, I think it is emblematic of the country and the city as a whole. On Friday I went to the cemetary to take pictures. The day was cloudy, and any shots with the sky as a background was turning out bad, so I decided to take pictures of crosses. ... 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