Recoleta Cemetery is one of Buenos Aires’ most famous attractions and should be somewhere near the top of your Buenos Aires sightseeing list. We find cemeteries eerie and slightly sinister places, probably the result of too much Hammer House of Horror.
A tour of Recoleta cemetery opens your eyes to Argentina’s rich history, because most of the great and the good from
the early 1800s onwards are interred in whopping mausoleums that are artistic masterpieces. The mausoleums are ‘cramped’ row-mews-like along a maze of paths. Many mausoleums are architectural monsters with statues and religious iconography that make them truly beautiful.
Our advice is to get over your trepidation and appreciate Recoleta cemetery for its aesthetic beauty and, if you have the right guide, a wonderful historical journey into present day.
The area now Recoleta cemetery was holy ground consecrated by the Recoletas order of monks that gives the barrio of Recoleta its name. Called the Cementerio del Norte (Cemetery of the North) Torcuato de Alvear proposed its reconstruction in 1822. The first construction designed by the French engineer Próspero Catelin. Later, the Italian architect Juan Antonio Buschiazzo remodeled Recoleta cemetery in 1881.
Eva Duarte Peron is interred at Recoleta cemetery and a pilgrimage to the Duarte famliy crypt is a great favorite for tourists.
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