Eva Peron’s resting place in Buenos Aires

We’re all the same when we’re dead and buried right?

Not so, if you were a member of Buenos Aires elite.

El Cementario de la Recoleta – a cementery in Buenos Aires residential neighbourhood Recoleta – is a miniature marble city for the (now deceased) rich and famous, and a popular tourist destination.

La Recoleta, Eva Peron, Buenos Aires, Emma LatimerLa Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Emma Latimer

Across a 14-acre site there are lanes, alleyways and around 4,500 ornate vaults. Stroll around and you’ll see art deco, baroque, art nouveau and neo-gothic mausoleums including the final resting place of Eva Peron.

La Recoleta Cemetery4, Buenos Aires, Emma LatimerLa Recoleta Cemetery, Eva Peron, Buenos Aires, Emma LatimerLa Recoleta Cemetery 5, Buenos Aires, Emma LatimerLa Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires, Emma Latimer

It’s a grand, ornate, miniature marble city for Buenos Aires now-deceased Argentinian elite.

La Recoleta Cemetery 2, Buenos Aires, Emma LatimerLa Recoleta Cemetery 3, Buenos Aires, Emma LatimerLa Recoleta Cemetery 1, Buenos Aires, Emma Latimer

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