Land of the Dead I
Description
Land of the Dead, Funeral architecture series
Cementerio de la Recoleta, Buenos Aires
“The Recoleta Cemetery was inaugurated on 1822 becoming the first cemetery on the city of Buenos Aires, and the most relevant historical and artistic monument of the country. As time passed by it has been architecturally enhanced until it became a major expression of funeral architecture worldwide. The more relevant players of Argentine history rest in Recoleta. Politicians, military men, statesmen, explorers, priests, leaders, writers and poets lie there in silent testimony.”