{"id":7,"date":"2007-10-07T12:21:13","date_gmt":"2007-10-07T10:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recoletacemetery.com\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2025-12-01T12:03:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T11:03:26","slug":"about-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/?page_id=7","title":{"rendered":"about the authors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Why blog about a cemetery?<\/strong> This particular one doesn’t receive nearly enough press, & the lack of accurate information in English is shocking. Visitors to Buenos Aires usually go inside, stroll around for a few minutes, somehow find their way to Eva Per\u00f3n\u2019s family vault, then wander out. That\u2019s not enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even if ostentation is a turn-off, most of the movers & shakers in Argentine history are here along with their fascinating stories. Everyone should be able to identify with something in such a fantastic place. And with a little extra info, it\u2019s easy to cover most of Buenos Aires just by walking these passageways. Hopefully this blog will present a new manner of looking at Buenos Aires\u2026 a way to see the present city through its intriguing, immortalized past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Raised in Memphis, Tennessee, Robert Wright<\/strong><\/strong> moved to Seattle where he almost eliminated a heavy, southern accent. Almost. He worked as a toxicologist thanks to studying biochem, did time at a Korean shipping company after obtaining a Master\u2019s degree in China Studies, & later ditched everything to move to Spain. It turned out to be one of the best decisions he ever made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robert then spent 14 years as a tour guide & guidebook researcher for Rick Steves in Europe while living in Argentina. His own walking tours of Buenos Aires —including one of Recoleta Cemetery— were a big success, inspiring Robert to self-publish those routes & share an insider’s look of his adopted home. Although he returned to live in Spain in 2016, his guidebook business Endless Mile<\/strong><\/a> offers visits of Recoleta Cemetery in PDF format.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Marcelo Metayer<\/strong> is a photographer, journalist & writer. He was born in Buenos Aires in 1969 & has lived in many places in Argentina, going between the mountains of C\u00f3rdoba & the Atlantic coast. His fascination with cemeteries began a long time ago because he considers them to be true open-air museums of architecture, sculpture & aesthetic movements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some examples of his photography can be seen in Fotoscura<\/a> on Facebook & A\u00f1os de peregrinaje<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Need to get in touch with Robert or Marcelo? The easiest way is via the contact form below. We look forward to hearing from you!<\/p>\n\n\n