La Recoleta Cemetery
The La Recoleta Cemetery ( Cementerio de la Recoleta ) is located in the Recoleta district of the same name in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires , one of the most expensive residential and business districts in the capital. It became the resting place of numerous wealthy and prominent residents. Argentine presidents, professional athletes, scientists and actors were buried here; Juan Perón's second wife , Eva Perón, is one of the most famous .
history
The cemetery was laid out by the French engineer Próspero Catelin and redesigned in a neoclassical style in 1881 by the Italian architect Juan Antonio Buschiazzo . Wealthy families had several rows built with magnificent mausoleums of different architecture, which have one thing in common: They should herald the earthly fame and fortune of the deceased for a long time. The paths are spacious and planted with plenty of trees.
Not all of the mausoleums have survived the times well, at least one of an extinct family is now also used as a toilet house, with layers of fresh toilet paper and hygiene items piled high on the sarcophagi.
The tradition of this cemetery is unusual that only the date of death is noted on the name boards, but not the date of birth. In contrast to other cemeteries, La Recoleta is also not an urban retreat for animal species that have become rare. This is ensured by the huge number of semi-wild domestic cats that gather at the main entrance towards the evening to be fed by some animal friends.
Graves of famous people
- Leandro N. Alem (1842–1896), founder of the Unión Cívica Radical
- Adolfo Alsina (1829–1877), Vice President
- Raúl Alfonsín (1927–2009), first democratic president of Argentina after the military dictatorship
- William Brown (1777–1857), Admiral, father of the Argentine Navy
- Juan Bautista Alberdi (1810–1884), writer and politician
- Juan Gregorio Pujol , governor
- Luis César Amadori (1903–1977), poet and composer
- Nicolás Avellaneda (1837–1885), President of Argentina
- Susan Barrantes (1937–1998), mother of Sarah Ferguson
- Federico de Brandsen (1785–1827), military man
- Adolfo Bioy Casares (1914-1999), writer
- Miguel Juárez Celman (1844–1909), President of Argentina
- Isabel Colonna-Walewski (1847–1847), granddaughter of Napoleón Bonaparte
- Juan Manuel de Rosas (1793–1877), politician, Caudillo
- Luis Firpo (1894-1960), heavyweight boxer, The Wild Bull of the Pampas
- Oliverio Girondo (1891–1967), poet and journalist
- José Hernandez (1834–1886), writer
- Arturo Umberto Illia (1900–1983), President of Argentina
- Carlos Saavedra Lamas (1878–1959), statesman, Nobel Prize
- Enrique Larreta (1875–1961), writer
- Juan Lavalle (1797–1841), General
- Luis Federico Leloir (1906–1987), Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
- Cándido López (1840–1902), painter and soldier
- Vicente López y Planes (1785–1856), poet and politician
- Leopoldo Lugones (1874–1938), writer
- Mariette Lydis (1887–1970), Austrian-Argentine painter
- Eduardo Mallea (1903–1982), writer
- Carlos Menditéguy (1915–1973), racing driver
- Bartolomé Miter (1821–1906), writer and president
- Victoria Ocampo (1890–1979), writer and publisher
- Carlos Pellegrini (1846–1906), President
- Luis Piedrabuena (1833-1883), explorer
- Eva Perón (1919–1952), First Lady of Argentina
- Honorio Pueyrredón (1876–1945), teacher and statesman
- Dante Quinterno (1909–2003), caricaturist
- Juan Facundo Quiroga (1788-1835), Caudillo
- Domingo Sarmiento (1811–1888), writer and president
- Hipólito Yrigoyen (1852–1933), politician and president
See also
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Coordinates: 34 ° 35 ′ 17 ″ S , 58 ° 23 ′ 35 ″ W