Mausoleum
From Wikipedia: Chacarita Cemetery known as the National Cemetery, was opened during a yellow fever epidemic in 1871. In the 1800s, a large number of British nationals came to Argentina to work in the many areas of the economy in which Britain then had extensive interests. Many of these expatriates were buried in the Victoria Cemetery in Buenos Aires but when this cemetery closed in 1892 a section of the Chacarita Cemetery was designated as the British Cemetery. In addition, there is a German section.
Close up
Yesterday Bob from St. Louis daily photo achieved his 100th posting, which is a big thing when posting daily ;–) Therefore today, I decided to post one of his pictures to celebrate. This is Gardel’s tomb, remember this posting – Another beautiful shot showing Gardel’s statue. His fans still like to place a lit cigarette in the fingers of the life-sized statue which adorns his tomb.
Carlos Gardel
Carlos Gardel, the legendary figure in Argentina. His buried in the cemetary Chacarita, the biggest cemetary of Buenos Aires and of South America. More picture of Chacarita here.
