Recoleta Cemetery (Cementerio de La Recoleta)
Recoleta Cemetery, located in the neighborhood of the same name in the city of Buenos Aires, is one of the most famous cemeteries around the world. It is the resting place of the rich and famous representatives of high society – the first persons of the state, famous figures of culture and art, prominent scientists, Nobel laureates.
Video: Recoleta Cemetery
Contents- Highlights
- History
- Famous burials at Recoleta Cemetery
- Features of the architecture
- Tourist information
Highlights
As the oldest aristocratic cemetery in Argentina’s capital, it bears little resemblance to one in the usual sense. Recoleta Cemetery is a real town with its streets, alleys and crossroads, many flowerbeds and benches. With the difference that there are crypts (there are over 6400 of them) and chapels, not to mention sculptures of incredible beauty, so it is not surprising that there are a lot of tourists in this place.
.The Recoleta Cemetery offers an opportunity to get in touch with the glorious past of Argentina, one of the largest countries in Latin America and the entire Western Hemisphere. Each person buried here represents a piece of national history, rich in ups and downs, triumphs and defeats, but at the same time very honored by the Argentines. This “city of the dead” helps foreigners to better understand and feel the original mentality of the people, its centuries-old traditions.
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History
Known burials in Rekoleta Cemetery
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Features of the architecture
Tourist Information
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