La Recoleta Cemetery: It’s like a town for small people…
… or more accurately: Dead people
A little more than a week ago, Cameron and I stumbled upon La Recoleta Cemetery while exploring a fair in Recoleta. Most famously known as the burial place of Evita, La Recoleta Cemetery has many other mausoleums of rich and/or famous dead Argentineans. We passed near Evita’s mausoleum but were unable to get too close because it was swarming with tourists (you all know how much we… like the Australian woman “hate tourists”) and we were unable to get a good look. There were however some very old and unique graves that I found just as intriguing. Each mausoleum was unique and had a captivating aura about it. As we were walking through the cemetery Cameron pointed out that it looks very much like a creepy village for little people… adding a bit of eeriness to the situation. Some graves were very well kept and in perfect condition, adorned with fresh flowers while others (possibly forgotten by family members) were left in ruins…. another reason to just get cremated. For example we found quite a few with smashed in windows, toppled caskets, and full of cleaning supplies. Cameron was on the quest to find the oldest graves… but every time she was sure she had found one, it was only about 50 years old. After a while we realized that we were in what seems to be the newer part of the cemetery. If we learned something from this little exploration is that you cant tell how old a mausoleum is by the looks of it, which is why it is so convenient that they have dates and names displayed near each door. We spent a good hour and a half wandering around before the cemetery closed. Words of advice, get there with plenty of time, because it closes early, and take a camera. Overall I would recommend visiting the cemetery to anyone passing through Argentina.
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