El Cementerio de Recoleta

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The Recoleta Cemetery

Last week, we visited the Recoleta Cemetery. It is a special cemetery for all of Buenos Aires' famous, rich, politicians, etc. . . Each family has a sarcophogas with the remains of their loved ones inside. Many have glass windows, so visitors can peek in and see what's there. Some are very well cared for, others. . .not so much. We saw the sarcophogus' of presidents, governors, generals, famous people and Evita Peron is also buried there. It's like a little city, with different "streets." We wandered around for a couple of hours, left to have lunch and wandered around a bit more. Enjoy the pictures!

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Photos

Eva's Family Sarcophogus
Eva Peron was buried here

From above
This is from a monastery museum next to the cemetery.

Before you enter
There is a huge wall surrounding the cemetery, but you can see statues and the peeks from above the walls.

The steps
Inside many of the sarcophogus' there were steps down to the ground, where more people had been laid to rest.

Cats
There were many cats that lived in the cemetery and are taken care of by the groundskeepers.

No one's been here for awhile
Many doorknobs were covered in cobwebs. . .

Cementerio de la Recoleta
Many of the sarcophogus' looked like this one.

Cementerio de la Recoleta
This was a fancier one, that would be safer from potential grave robbers.

The grotto sarcophogus
This one has a style all its own.

Stained glass
Some had very nice stained glass and metal detail.

Inside
Many of the sarcophogus' had the caskets sitting inside.

One of the streets
The cemetery was full of streets like this one.

Short doors
The plaques on the sides of the doors tell who is buried there.

Creepy
Inside this one were the caskets of a couple. The light came in and made it look very creept.

Comments

[Grandma O]

Cemetaries
I think that all of these places are interesting as they show so much of the history of an area. This one is especially facinating. Glad you got to experiance it. Sounds like work is looking up--good for you. Lots of love