José de San Martín
1778–1850
Liberator of Argentina, Chile and Peru
Mausoleum in the Metropolitan Cathedral, Buenos Aires
In memory of
Eva Perón
Actress and first lady of Argentina
- Born
- Died
- Lived
- 33 years
- Resting place
- Duarte family vault, Cementerio de la Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Born poor in the countryside, Eva Duarte went to Buenos Aires at fifteen to act. As the wife of Juan Perón she ran a foundation that built hospitals and schools, and campaigned for the law that gave Argentine women the vote in 1947.
She died of cancer at thirty-three. Her embalmed body was hidden abroad for sixteen years after a military coup and buried under a false name in Milan; it was returned in 1974 and now lies five metres underground in Recoleta.
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