It is a city of the dead, where elaborate crypts encase a history of corpses. Murderers rest next to their victims, decomposed Presidents are entombed in a vault of marble and granite, mistresses and their bastard children reach out from mausoleums to their hidden lovers, even the great timelord, Dr Who lies preserved in his Tardis whilst we stroll, peering into crypts, photographing cherubs who stand guard over the relics of a gothic era.
As we seek out the final resting place of Eva Peron, the spritiual leader of Argentina; we both have the thought that Recoleta Cemetery would fit right at home in Tim Burton's 'Nightmare Before Christmas'!
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