Pampas
Buenos Aires
Comuna 2

La Recoleta Cemetery

La Recoleta Cemetery is a located in the neighbourhood of , . It contains the graves of notable people, including Eva Perón, presidents of Argentina, Nobel Prize winners, the founder of the Argentine Navy, and military commanders such as Julio Argentino Roca.
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  • Opening hours: 7:00 AM—5:30 PM
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Description: cemetery in Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Also known as: “Recoleta Cemetery” and “Recoleta Cemetry”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Museum of Fine Arts and Centro Cultural Recoleta.

Museum
Photo: Beatrice Murch, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is an art museum in , located in the section of the city. The Museum inaugurated a branch in in 2004. is situated 420 metres north of La Recoleta Cemetery.

Arts center
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The is an exhibition and cultural events centre located in the barrio of , , Argentina. It holds sculptures and exhibitions, as well as concerts and artistic presentations and workshops of diverse types… is situated 180 metres northeast of La Recoleta Cemetery.

Church
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The Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar in , was built as part of the Franciscan monastery, completed in 1732 and dedicated to Our Lady of the Pillar. is situated 150 metres northeast of La Recoleta Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Recoleta and The Island.

Suburb
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is a barrio or neighborhood of , , located in the northern part of the city, by the . The area is perhaps best known to be the home of the distinguished Cemetery.

Neighborhood
is an exclusive sector in the of in , where prominent and wealthy families of the Argentine Upper Class have their homes.

Quarter
is the informal name given to a part of centering on Santa Fe Avenue and the district of .

La Recoleta Cemetery

Latitude
-34.58765° or 34° 35′ 16″ south
Longitude
-58.39351° or 58° 23′ 37″ west
Elevation
25 metres (82 feet)
Open location code
48Q3CJ64+WH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 183842128
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­cemetery
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­catholic
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
7576103
Wiki­data ID
Q831322
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“La Recoleta Cemetery” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مقبرة لا ريكوليتا”
  • Armenian: “Ռեկոլետա գերեզմանատուն”
  • Asturian: “Cementeriu de la Recoleta”
  • Azerbaijani: “Rekoleta qəbiristanlığı”
  • Basque: “La Recoleta hilerria”
  • Belarusian: “Могілкі Рэкалета”
  • Belarusian: “Рэкалета (могілкі)”
  • Belarusian: “Рэкалета”
  • Catalan: “Cementiri de la Recoleta”
  • Chinese: “拉雷科莱塔公墓”
  • Chinese: “雷科莱塔公墓”
  • Czech: “Hřbitov La Recoleta”
  • Danish: “La Recoleta kirkegård”
  • Dutch: “Begraafplaats van Recoleta”
  • Dutch: “La Recoleta begraafplaats”
  • Esperanto: “Tombejo Rekoleta”
  • French: “cimetière de Recoleta”
  • French: “Cimetière de Recoleta”
  • Galician: “cemiterio da Recoleta”
  • Georgian: “რეკოლეტას სასაფლაო”
  • German: “Friedhof La Recoleta”
  • Greek: “Κοιμητήριο της Ρεκολέτα”
  • Hebrew: “בית הקברות לה רקולטה”
  • Hungarian: “recoletai temető”
  • Hungarian: “Recoletai temető”
  • Indonesian: “Pemakaman La Recoleta”
  • Indonesian: “Permakaman La Recoleta”
  • Irish: “Reilig Recoleta”
  • Italian: “cimitero della Recoleta”
  • Italian: “Cimitero della Recoleta”
  • Japanese: “ラ・レコレタ墓地”
  • Japanese: “レコレータ墓地”
  • Kurdish: “Goristana Recoletayê”
  • Lithuanian: “Rekoletos kapinės”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kierfecht La Recoleta”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “La Recoleta gravplass”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Cementèri de Recoleta”
  • Persian: “آرامگاه رکوله‌تا”
  • Polish: “Cementerio de la Recoleta”
  • Portuguese: “Cementerio de la Recoleta”
  • Portuguese: “Cemitério da Recoleta”
  • Romanian: “Cimitirul La Recoleta”
  • Russian: “кладбище Реколета”
  • Russian: “Кладбище Реколета”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “cladh Tornquist”
  • Slovenian: “Pokopališče La Recoleta”
  • Spanish: “Cementerio de la Recoleta”
  • Swedish: “Cementerio de La Recoleta”
  • Tatar: “Реколета зираты”
  • Turkish: “La Recoleta Mezarlığı”
  • Ukrainian: “кладовище Реколета”
  • Ukrainian: “Реколета”
  • Ukrainian: “цвинтар Реколета”
  • Welsh: “Mynwent Recoleta”

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