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Un día de paseo por el Cementerio de la Recoleta.

Due to the great feedback of this video.... here you have lots of info about the "Cementerio de la Recoleta":



History
The monks of the Order of the Recoletos arrived in this area, then the outskirts of Buenos Aires, in the early eighteenth century. The cemetery is built around their convent and a church, Our Lady of Pilar, built in 1732. The order was disbanded in 1822, and the garden of the convent was converted into the first public cemetery in Buenos Aires. Those responsible for its creation were the then-Governor Martin Rodriguez (buried here) and government minister, Bernardino Rivadavia. The 1822 layout was done by city architect and civil engineer Próspero Catelin, who also designed the current facade of the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral.

During the 1870s, following the epidemic of yellow fever which ravaged the city, many upper-class Buenos Aires neighborhoods fled San Telmo and Montserrat and moved to the northern part of the city, Recoleta. By becoming a high class neighborhood, the cemetery became the final resting place of the families of greatest prestige and power of Buenos Aires.

The cemetery was remodeled in 1881, while Torcuato de Alvear was mayor of the city, by the Italian architect Juan Antonio Buschiazzo. The property contains room for about 4800 vaults, all above ground.

[edit] Description
The entrance to the cemetery is through neo-classical gates with tall Greek columns. The cemetery contains many elaborate marble mausoleums, decorated with statues, in a wide variety of architectural styles. The entire cemetery is laid out in sections like city blocks, with wide tree-lined main walkways branching into sidewalks filled with mausoleums.

While many of the mausoleums are in fine shape and well-maintained, others have fallen into disrepair. Several can be found with broken glass and littered with rubbish. Among many memorials are works by notable Argentine sculptors. The tomb of Liliana Crociati de Szaszak is of special interest.

Each mausoleum bears the family name etched into the facade; brass or bronze plaques are added to the front for particular family members. La Recoleta is one of those cemeteries where the tradition of engraving a death date but no birth date has been maintained.

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[MsDesecration]

do you know how old the crypts are? or how old the cemetary is?

[polloarg]

@MsDesecration There you are! I updated the "info" section of this video! Greets!! You can find the original data at wikipedia!

[Miketayfan]

@polloarg Your attitude is funny :) Hey don't be so harsh on yourself. LOL. People like you give me - the curious chicken shit a treat. Hahaha. I'm always curious about graves and stuff like that but too scared to even come near. LOL. So you did the dirty job :D Thanks ;)

[polloarg]

@Miketayfan Hehehe! You're welcome! And, if you ever come to Argentina, you can count on me to take you on a "Death Tour" through the Recoleta's Cementery, muahahahahaaaaaa! LOL!!!

Greets!!!!

[MsDesecration]

they dont lock the crypts?

in the cemetaries ive been to in Australia they all do, and many you cant see any coffins inside either, they are usually behind some sort of wall on their shelves.

[polloarg]

@MsDesecration Yes, of course, they do... but time corrodes locks... and curious and disrespectful people, like myself, tend to take advantage of this...

[jeffblacky]

there is no room in hell? yes there is you just got to stack them higher!! - Jeff Blacky of Mournblade - 1987

[Aarock31]

name of song?

[SharkKid42]

the person in the song sounds like they have a cold lol

[MsDesecration]

@Miketayfan I guess everyone does things differently around the world, there are places ive seen that are immaculate, and others that are just forgotten over time. i do find this vid quite interesting, as alot of the things you see in it arnt something people come across every day either, well where I am (everythings hidden behind this or that) :D

[Miketayfan]

@MsDesecration Probably :) Well I may sounded very outraged but that's not the case. It's just that at our cemetaries they are really strict and even very old crypts are locked or coffins are behind walls. Argentine crypts seems different. Coffins are placed in some sort of basement with shelves and that's it. All you need to cross is few stair down the crypt. It's so easy. LOL.

[MsDesecration]

@Miketayfan i have seen a few places where the coffins look like they are just rammed in there like sardines and all messed up, and there were some that were really neatly placed but still kinda looked a mess.

i guess a few had been robbed (just from the look of them) and others looked as if theyd had small animals or rats come by and help themselves to whats inside over time. mabey they are messily placed cos the people putting them in there were to scared to do it properly :D