Sunday, 12 August 2012

Cementario de la Recoleta

This old cemetery is full of mausoleums for some of the oldest and wealthiest families of Buenos Aires, and the streets of the dead are crowded with locals and tourists alike.
Eva Peron is buried here in her family tomb. A simple structure compared to the elaborate ones that surround her, but a regular trail of devotees and the curious come to look, to leave flowers and to ponder. She travelled the world in her death, hidden from the new regime in and around Argentina, then over to Italy for a while, before finally being bought back to her homeland.

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