{"id":11129,"date":"2011-01-06T23:30:34","date_gmt":"2011-01-07T07:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/11129"},"modified":"2012-02-06T16:14:07","modified_gmt":"2012-02-07T00:14:07","slug":"evita-perons-final-resting-place-buenos-aires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/11129","title":{"rendered":"Evita Per\u00f3n’s Final Resting Place, Buenos Aires"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eva\u00c2\u00a0Per\u00f3n (1919-1952) is buried in Cementerio de la Recoleta along with many other famous Argentines .\u00a0 However, her body was not always laid to rest there .\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0After she died on 26 Jul 1952, her embalmed body was displayed in her former office in the CGT Building (Building of the General Confederation of Labor), awaiting the construction of a permanent memorial .\u00a0 Unfortunately, her husband, President Juan Per\u00f3n, was driven out of\u00c2\u00a0office in a military coup in 1955, and the new authorities removed Evita’s body to an unknown location .\u00a0 Sixteen years later, in 1971, the military revealed that Evita’s body had been buried in a crypt in Milan, Italy under the name Mar\u00ed\u00ada Maggi .\u00a0 In 1971, the body was exhumed and flown to the Per\u00f3n home in Spain .\u00a0 Evita’s body was kept in Spain until after Juan Per\u00f3n’s death and was then returned to Argentina so that the bodies of Juan and Eva Per\u00f3n could be displayed together .\u00a0 Eventually, Evita’s body was interred in the Duarte Family\u00c2\u00a0Tomb in Recoleta Cemetery .\u00a0 To ensure that\u00c2\u00a0Evita’s body\u00c2\u00a0would be\u00c2\u00a0secure, it was buried two levels underground .\u00a0 Shown below are two views of the tomb and details of three of the plaques that adorn the tomb.<\/p>\n

\"Duarte<\/a><\/p>\n

Duarte Family Tomb – 1<\/em><\/p>\n

SOURCE:\u00a0 Duarte Family Tomb – 1\u00c2\u00a0(Buenos Aires, Argentina), photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 31 Dec 2010.<\/p>\n

\"Duarte<\/a><\/p>\n

Duarte Family Tomb – 2<\/em><\/p>\n

SOURCE:\u00a0 Duarte Family Tomb – 2\u00c2\u00a0(Buenos Aires, Argentina), photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 31 Dec 2010.<\/p>\n

\""Do<\/a><\/p>\n

“Do Not Cry…”<\/em><\/p>\n

SOURCE:\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0“Do Not Cry…”\u00c2\u00a0(Buenos Aires, Argentina), photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 31 Dec 2010.<\/p>\n

\""Forever<\/a><\/p>\n

“Forever in the Heart…”<\/em><\/p>\n

SOURCE:\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0“Forever in the Heart…”\u00c2\u00a0(Buenos Aires, Argentina), photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 31 Dec 2010.<\/p>\n

\""Path<\/a><\/p>\n

“Path of Social Justice…”<\/em><\/p>\n

SOURCE:\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0“Path of Social Justice…”\u00c2\u00a0(Buenos Aires, Argentina), photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 31 Dec 2010.<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2011 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eva Per\u00f3n (1919-1952), is buried in Cementerio de la Recoleta, along with many other famous Argentines. However, her body was not always laid to rest there. After she died on 26 Jul 1952, her embalmed body was displayed in her former office in the CGT Building (Building of the General Confederation of Labor), awaiting the construction of a permanent memorial. Unfortunately, her husband, President Juan Per\u00f3n, was driven out of office in a military coup in 1955, and the new authorities removed Evita’s body to an unknown location. Sixteen years later, in 1971, the military revealed that Evita’s body had been buried in a crypt in Milan, Italy under the name Mar\u00ed\u00ada Maggi. In 1971, the body was exhumed and flown to the Per\u00f3n home in Spain. Evita’s body was kept in Spain until after Juan Per\u00f3n’s death, and was then returned to Argentina so that the bodies of Juan and Eva Per\u00f3n could be displayed together. Eventually Evita’s body was interred in the Duarte Family Tomb in Recoleta Cemetery. To ensure that Evita’s body would be secure, it was buried two levels underground. Shown below are two views of the tomb, and details of three of the plaques that adorn the tomb. Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[27],"tags":[170],"class_list":["post-11129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-journal","tag-buenos-aires"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pyBfX-2Tv","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11129"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15597,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11129\/revisions\/15597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}