BUENOS AIRES – Our visit to Recoleta Cemetery was going to be short. We were going to find Eva Duarte Peron’s tomb and leave. We were not admirers, just curious U.S. tourists. But before what turned ...
When Argentina’s wealthy and powerful rest for eternity, they do it in style. Recoleta cemetery is one of the world’s most extraordinary graveyards, with over 6,400 grandiose mausoleums resembling ...
Perhaps improbable for a bustling Latin American metropolis, one of the most well-known tourist attractions in the Argentinian capital of Buenos Aires is a graveyard. The Recoleta Cemetery includes a ...
Actually, Recoleta is more like a little village than a cemetery, complete with street names on each corner. The entrance is adorned with tall Greek columns, and the architecture of the various tombs ...
Conspicuous wealth isn’t limited to life on earth, it seems. There are many amazing examples of architectural masterpieces built for the afterlife. While much of the focus is often on the tributes to ...
BUENOS AIRES -- Our visit to Recoleta Cemetery was going to be short. We were going to find Eva Duarte Peron's tomb and leave. We were not admirers, just curious U.S. tourists. But before what turned ...