Buenos Aires - qué linda!

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I'm finally trying to organise my photos and comments in one family-friendly blog! Here goes... I may as well start with some photos of my neighbourhood, barrio Recoleta, and specifically the Recoleta Cemetery, resting place of Evita, among others.

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Photos

Greylady
A graveside statue looking convincingly like a street theatre performer.

Streets and streets of tombs in Recoleta's cemetery
Fabulously creepier than your average graveyard... even in broad daylight and within earshot of fellow-tourists.

Recoleta Cemetery
Name your architectural style...

RC I
Tombs range from the ornate...

RC II
...to the more humble...

RC III
...to the downright abandoned.

RC V
Putting a grave face on it...

2 down, 5 across
A wall of casket cupboards

RC IX
Evita's unexciting tomb. She's buried in her family's vault, hence the name Duarte. Juan Perón is buried in the Chacarita cemetery elsewhere in the city (also the final resting place of famous tango singer Carlos Gardel).

Cemetery
The cemetery's imposing entrance.

Comments

[Jane G.]

What fantastic photographs! Lovely to see your South American palace too!