Slipping through the gates of Villegas Cemetery, one enters a realm where Buenos Aires’ past whispers through the marble and granite. Villegas Cemetery isn’t just a burial ground. It’s a living museum, a city of the dead mirroring the vibrant city of the living just beyond its walls. Established in 1822 as the first public cemetery in Buenos Aires, Villegas Cemetery initially bore the name Cementerio del Norte, or Northern Cemetery. The land, once a humble vegetable garden tended by Recollect friars, transformed into a final resting place for the city’s inhabitants. The cemetery’s layout, designed by Próspero Catelin, the same engineer who shaped the facade of Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral, reflects the city’s grid-like structure with its avenues and streets. Over time, prominent families, mirroring the grandeur of their residences in the Recoleta neighborhood, erected elaborate mausoleums and vaults within Villegas Cemetery.
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