Splendor of the Living Dead. Kevin Carrel Footer.
by Footer, Kevin Carrel; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 77Family. Publisher: Americas, 2003ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Argentina | -- History | Buenos Aires (Argentina) | Burial | Cemeteries | Cemeteries -- Maintenance and repair | Funeral rites and ceremonies | Sepulchral monuments | TombsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "A stroll through Recoleta Cemetery in the heart of Buenos Aires is like leafing through the history of Argentina--official and unofficial. Inside its walls rest the heroines, scoundrels, patriots, popular saints, despots, eminent citizens, playboys, famous beauties, tycoons, and ne'er-do-wells of whom history books and gossip are made....They lie in their majestic tombs, in a miniature city not so unlike the one outside its walls, in silent, elegant admonition of those who would forget them." (AMERICAS) This article examines the long and colorful history of Argentina's first public cemetery.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Splendor of the Living Dead, Aug. 2003; pp. 14-21.
"A stroll through Recoleta Cemetery in the heart of Buenos Aires is like leafing through the history of Argentina--official and unofficial. Inside its walls rest the heroines, scoundrels, patriots, popular saints, despots, eminent citizens, playboys, famous beauties, tycoons, and ne'er-do-wells of whom history books and gossip are made....They lie in their majestic tombs, in a miniature city not so unlike the one outside its walls, in silent, elegant admonition of those who would forget them." (AMERICAS) This article examines the long and colorful history of Argentina's first public cemetery.
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