Cementerio de la Recoleta

On Saturday, Sept 19th we decided to go to Cementerio de la Recoleta. It's known as one of the worlds greatest Necropolises. It has been the burial place of choice for Argentina's elite since the mid 19th century. Here there are presidents, military generals and artists. There tombs are made from granite or bronze, built close to each other and are visited by a maze of streets. We thought to ourselves that this would be the ultimate place for a game of spot light!

This city of the dead was built in 1822 and what was then the Northern limit of the city. The land was confiscated by the Argentinian government from the Recoleta monks of the adjacent Pilar Church. It was the city's first public cemetery. It was initially used for the burial of freed slaves and the proletariat before it became the reserve for the rich from 1860s onward.

We started our morning by hitting the subte (subway) and heading towards the cemetery where we came across a huge market they have every Saturday. They sell every thing you could imagine from cloths, art, food, bongs, jewelery and everything in between. After that we took a walk checking out all of the tombs. Sorry if you guys find any of the photos offensive but we had to... Every corner we turned we could see the guilty look on tourists faces and could only imagine what they had been doing for the camera before we intruded.


The cemetery closed before sun set and security guards make their run around the gated area kicking people out. No worries though, being in the center of Recoleta there was a bar/restaurant near by where we took in some music and ate Empanadas (really good home made pizza pockets) before heading back to Palermo.

Anyway, enjoy the photos we had fun taking them.

S