James Gaston

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Don't cry for me 19 Feb 2014 Don't cry for me 19 Feb 2014 Buenos Aires Argentina

Buenos Aires is the capital of a nation where dictatorships and revolutions are recent history. It's a nation that saw the rise of a charismatic young Evita Peron who championed the sick and the poor and who worked to grant women the same rights as men. As is so often the case, the story is complicated and our heroine died too young.

Today we visited the Cementerio de la Recoleta, Buenos Aires' most exclusive patch of real estate and the resting place of Maria Eva Duarte de Peron, better known as Evita. Evita's tomb is not the most impressive in this city of the dead, but it is the most visited. And even if this Necropolis lacked its most famous inhabitant it would still be worth a visit. Block after block, this city is composed of stone buildings of varying sizes, shapes, colours, and designs, each containing one or more caskets as well as photos, flowers, and plaques celebrating the memories of its inhabitants.

Cementerio de la Recoleta

Paul at Cementerio de la Recoleta

Cementerio de la Recoleta

Evita's tomb, Cementerio de la Recoleta

Cementerio de la Recoleta

You come to see Evita. You stay for the curious feel of walking in a city of the dead.

Cementerio de la Recoleta

You come to see Evita. You stay for the curious feel of walking in a city of the dead.

Cementerio de la Recoleta

You come to see Evita. You stay for the curious feel of walking in a city of the dead.

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