It was the first public cemetery in the city; today it is the most elegant and aristocratic. Heroes of Independence, presidents, politicians, soldiers, scientists, artists and celebrities are buried in its almost six hectares.

In the early eighteenth century, the Recoletos monks settled in the land, where in 1732 they erected the Church of Pilar, one of the oldest preserved Buenos Aires.

In 1822, after the expulsion of monks as a consequence of the Ecclessiastical Order General Reform reform of ecclesiastical, the convent garden became a public cemetery.

Its layout was designed by French engineer Catelin Prospero, and was remodeled in 1881, during Torcuato de Alvear’s office as quartermaster, by architect Juan Antonio Buschiazzo.The Italian sculptor Giulio Monteverde made the Christ that presides the chapel.

In Recoleta there are the remains, among others, of Rosas and Quiroga warlords and political enemies of the nineteenth century; presidents Sarmiento, Mitre, Yrigoyen; the first lady and political leader Eva Perón; writers José Hernández, Bioy Casares, Silvina Ocampo, Girondo, Mallea; of Nobel Prize winners Federico Leloir (chemistry) and Saavedra Lamas (peace).

Many of the vaults and mausoleums were the work of important architects and are adorned with sculptures. More than 90 vaults have been declared a National Historic Landmark.

Location: Junín 1760
Neighborhood: Recoleta
Inauguration: 1822
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