Eva Duarte de Perón "Evita" - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Grave of a Famous Person on Waymarking.com

Evita died in 1952 while Juan Peron was still in power and plans were made to bury Evita under an enormous statue representing the ‘Descamisados’ or shirtless ones. Unfortunately, before the monument could be constructed a coup d’état forced Juan Peron to flee the county and Evita’s remains were left without protection.

After Peron’s exile the anti-peronist military forbid Peron’s name and wanted to make it as if Juan and Evita never existed. They took Evita’s corpse from display and hid it in Milan, Italy under the name Maria Maggi from 1955 until 1971. In 1971 when Evita's remains were released, Juan Peron was in exile; so, Evita’s remains were sent to Madrid, Spain to be near her widow.

In 1973 another change in government brought Juan Peron out of exile and he assumed the presidency for the third time. One would have thought his first move would be to bring back Evita’s corpse and continue her monument, but it wasn’t until after his death that Juan’s third wife, Isabel, had Evita returned to Argentina. Isabel had become the first female Argentinean president after Juan Peron's death in 1974, and to gain popularity among the working class, she had Evita buried next to Juan in the presidential palace .

Evita and Juan Peron only rested next to each other for two years before another military coup took over and wanted the remains out of the presidential palace. Juan’s remains were placed in a family crypt at the Chacarita cemetery.

Evita’s remains were moved to her father’s family crypt in the upscale Recoleta cemetery. There was much controversy because the upper class didn’t care for Evita and her bastard childhood made the burial right questionable. Fortunately for Evita her remains were secured 27 feet underground covered by layers of cement and steel to stop any would be vandals.

Today Evita’s tomb is the most visited one in Recoleta Cemetery. Her grave is located just East of the cemetery center, and is easily recognized by the hordes of tourist and bouquets of flowers surrounding her tomb.

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Description: In January 1944, Eva Duarte first met Juan Perón an immensely popular politician. Eva and Juan were married discreetly in a civil ceremony on October 18, 1945 and in a church wedding on December 9, 1945. In 1946, Juan Perón decided to campaign for the presidency of the nation. Eva campaigned heavily for her husband during his presidential bid. Using her weekly radio show she delivered powerful speeches with heavy populist rhetoric urging the poor to align themselves with Perón's movement. Although she had become wealthy from her radio and modeling success, she would highlight her own humble upbringing as a way of showing solidarity with the impoverished classes. She gained international attention during her Rainbow Tour of Europe to promote Argentinean interests, and at home she was instrumental in the formation of the Perónist Women's Party, as well as The Eva Perón Foundation for charitable works among the nation's poor. The poor, in turn, clamored for Eva to assume political office beside her husband, and despite growing dissent from military and political opponents, she was put forward as the vice-presidential candidate. However Evita was diagnosed with terminal cancer and fell into a steep and sudden decline, and on July 26, 1952, she died at the age of 33. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Per%C3%B3n Date of birth: 05/07/1919 Date of death: 07/26/1952 Area of notoriety: Politics Marker Type: Crypt (below ground) Setting: Outdoor Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Daily 8:00 to 18:00 Fee required?: No Web site: [Web Link]

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