As cemetary's go the Recoleta Cemetery is amazing and beautiful, so much so we went twice! The cemetery has been a burial place of notable and wealthy family's in Buenos Aires since the early 1800's. We saw tombs of past generals, presidents and of course Eva Peron.
Something that was interesting to me is they had stairs going down into each tomb. Generations of family's coffins stacked with the latest person's coffin or urn on display upstairs.
Sorry about the blur but you can kind of see the stairs going down in the above photo! I know, vampires right?! In spite of the spooky factor, it is beautiful and I have never seen anything like it.
This little boy with the ivy growing over him was lovely to me, and the larger sculpture showing the mother and baby.
Most of the tombs are well taken care, of but some look like they have not been attended to in many years. Maybe the family has died out, sad to think of.
If you ever get to Buenos Aires the Recoleta Cemetery is a must see!
Something that was interesting to me is they had stairs going down into each tomb. Generations of family's coffins stacked with the latest person's coffin or urn on display upstairs.
Sorry about the blur but you can kind of see the stairs going down in the above photo! I know, vampires right?! In spite of the spooky factor, it is beautiful and I have never seen anything like it.
This little boy with the ivy growing over him was lovely to me, and the larger sculpture showing the mother and baby.
Most of the tombs are well taken care, of but some look like they have not been attended to in many years. Maybe the family has died out, sad to think of.
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