One of the Most Haunted Cemeteries in the World

La Recoleta Cemetery in Buenos Aires is one of the world’s most famous cemeteries with its beautiful tombstones and statues.

Some say it’s more magical than macabre, but it is a graveyard after all and it does have its fair share of haunted legends.

One involves its former gravedigger and caretaker, David Alleno, who took his own life after 30 years of caring for the site.

From the other side, David’s presence is still felt and heard, it’s said – with the sound of his keys jangling often audible at dawn.

Creepy!

Located in posh Recoleta neighborhood this cemetery features thousands of statues, mausoleums that resemble Gothic chapels, crypts, fairytale grottoes, sarcophagi, coffins, and elegant little houses that hold the remains of some of Argentina’s most iconic and celebrated figures.

Over 6,400 statues decorate this city of the dead!

Eva Perón is also buried here.

Apparently the spiders make the most fascinating webs in this cemetery and make the place look super interesting.

And if you are lucky you may be able to befriend one of the cats that calls this cemetery their home and they will let you pat them.

Also Liliana Crociati died on her honeymoon in Austria in the 1970s. Her parents reconstructed her bedroom within her tomb and at the entrance of it is a bronze statue of Liliana in her wedding dree with her beloved dog by her side.

That's one tragic story!

Then there is this!

The tomb of Rufina Cambaceres from the early 1900s.

The tomb was made from marble by Rufina's mother after it was discovered that Rufina had been buried alive.

Wow - Just imagine being buried alive.

Apparently local workers had heard screams a few days after Rufina's burial and when her coffin was bought up from the grave scratch marks were discovered on Rufina's face and on the inside of the coffin.

It was later thought that she had been in a coma bought on by an illness.

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