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The sky was clear, the air crisp and still.
Conditions were good.

Armed with a new camera and freshly charged batteries, I set off to La Recoleta Cemetery yesterday afternoon to test it out.

Many influential, wealthy and important Argentinians are buried here – mostly presidents, military figures, scientists and opulent families – several names seemed familiar, later recognised as street names from the city and across the country.

The cemetery is best known to the outside world for being home to Eva Perón´s tomb and for it´s overtly lavish and diverse architectural styles – from walking through the Greek column fronted, neo classical gates – to the narrow streets filled with heavily adorned art nouveau, art deco and modernist mausoleums, all lined in terraces.

There was also an unusually large number of cats here.
They nonchalantly strolled about the place – sometimes playing and prowling amongst the graves, and often (as cats do best), sleeping lazily in the sun.
The cats, along with the tens of thousands buried here over several city blocks in area, are the residents here.

I had a limited number of photos at my disposal due to an almost full memory card, so had to be selective with the shots (otherwise there would be more cat photos).

If anybody has any tips about cameras or photography in general and is itching to tell someone else, get in touch..

Click here for La Recoleta Cemetery photo gallery or see below for a few images.

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