I guess it is the time for black and white post! This one is from a place without which I would have seen Buenos Aires in a different way. The Recoleta Cemetery is a city inside a city, hidden behind the walls. A place from the other epoch. A world where time stopped together with the death of the people buried there. Marvellous tombs, sculptures by the best artists from Argentina. Spiderwebs covering the faces of the statues; plants growing on arms and hands of the angels topping the gravestones. Wild furry cats basking in the sun on the tombstones...
It is situated in one of the most exclusive neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires, Recoleta. The Cemetery was designed by the French engineer Próspero Catelin and rebuilt in 1881 by the Italian architect Juan Antonio Buschiazzo. The most important Argentinians are buried there – presidents, writers, artists and scientists. The best-known person whose tomb is in Recoleta Cemetery is the First Lady of Argentina, Eva Peron - "Evita".
The guardian of the cemetery
