la ValerosaWanderings: Recoleta cemetery
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It was gray and drizzling the day I visited Recoleta Cemetery in Buenos Aires. The rain kept other tourists away, and it was quiet and meditative to stroll up and down the pathways of the cemetery, with only a dozen or so stray cats for company. I spent several hours reading the names on the mausoleums, admiring the stonework and marble carvings, and wondering what BA had been like during the lives of the various people buried there.
Cemeteries have always fascinated me and I try to visit them any time I go somewhere new. Though every culture and country has a different approach to burying the dead, there is always a sense of reverence, beauty, and affection to those resting places, and Recoleta is one of the loveliest I’ve ever seen.
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Incredible shots. Like you, like cemeteries for the photo opportunities. That angel – so beautiful. But the cat “takes the biscuit”! :)
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Beautiful and haunting! I would be frightened to come shoot later in the day, but goodness this place is neat.
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I was reading a spooky book at the time, The Historian, and everything just felt so gothic!
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I bet. You’re of braver stuff than I am! I couldn’t read spooky books then go–I’d psych myself out.
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Now if I had been watching The Walking Dead, it would have been an entirely different story!
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Absolutely beautiful! Funny I saw this on my feed, I just finished going through some cemetery pictures of my own!
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Gorgeous shots but I have to admit I love the cat! :)
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They were so charming and sweet. This one had such beautiful coloring and kept me company pretty much the whole time.
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love kitties!
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Such phenomenal art, artistry and beauty in old cemeteries. Thank you so much for sharing these incredible photographs.
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