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Eva Peron's tomb in Recoleta Cemetery

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Eva Peron's tomb in Recoleta Cemetery is the Duarte family vault, where her family buried her after the coup of March 1976.

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  • The most visited tomb in the cemetery1
  • Juan Peron lies in Chacarita instead4
  • Follow the crowd to find it2

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Map of the alleys around the Duarte family vault in Recoleta Cemetery, with the nearby tombs of Sarmiento, Mitre, Rufina Cambaceres and Liliana Crociati

  1. Junín 1760: the entrance for visitors, where the English tour meets by the ticket booth and free maps are handed out.

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  2. An Art Nouveau tomb of the early 1900s in white marble, raised by her mother.

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  3. Her bedroom recreated inside, and a bronze of her in her wedding dress with her dog at the door.

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  4. Eduardo Rubino's tomb for the president, with figures of Liberty, Duty and Justice.

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  5. Víctor de Pol's Masonic obelisk of 1889, crowned by a condor with open wings.

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  6. Evita's resting place since 1976, the most visited tomb in the cemetery.

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Evita rests in her family's black granite vault, not under a national monument. Here is where it stands, how her body reached it, and how to pay your respects.

Editorial team, recoletacemeterytour.click · Updated November 9, 2026 · A 7 min read

Main facts

  • The vaultThe Duarte family mausoleum, the most visited tomb in the cemetery.1
  • How to find itFollow the map pin, or simply the small crowd outside it.2
  • Laid to restGiven to her family after the coup of March 1976 and buried under strict security.3,4
  • Juan PeronHe lies elsewhere: his body was taken to Chacarita cemetery.4
  • Go with a guideThe English tour sold here takes 2 hours, from $12.

Where Evita lies in Recoleta

Eva Peron's tomb in Recoleta Cemetery is not a grand state mausoleum. She lies in the vault of the Duarte family, her own family, in one of the narrow side passages of the cemetery. No grave in the necropolis receives more visitors, according to the city's tourism board,1 and the City of Buenos Aires lists it first among the graves people come to see, ahead of the graves of a Nobel chemist and a celebrated novelist.5

The vault itself is modest beside its neighbors: a dark facade, bronze plaques left by unions, political groups and admirers, and a narrow door. Nothing about it shouts. That restraint is part of what moves people, because the woman inside was anything but quiet in life. Many visitors stand for a minute, read the plaques, take one photograph and move on, and that rhythm is the right one to follow.

For many Argentines the tomb is a place of pilgrimage, and the tourism board says thousands of people visit it every year.6 You will meet people who come to remember a political figure and people who come out of curiosity after watching a film or a musical. Both are welcome, as long as everyone remembers that this is a family grave in a working cemetery, where burials still take place.7

Official accounts compared

What each source says about her resting place

QuestionEvita MuseumCity and tourism board
Year of returnAfter Peron's death in 19741975
Return date17 NovemberNot given
Depth of the cryptNot given5 m or 8 m
Buried with Peron?No, he went to ChacaritaNot stated
Most visited tomb?Not statedYes

Sources: the Evita Museum's history of her remains, the city government and its tourism board; conflicting figures appear side by side.13,4,17,18,19,1

Finding the Duarte vault from the main gate

Enter through the main gate on Junín street, at number 1760,14 and pick up the free map at the entrance, as the tourism board suggests.15 The cemetery is a grid of avenues and alleys lined with vaults, so it is easy to lose your bearings after a few turns. Keep the gate behind you as your reference point and use the map on this page, where the Duarte vault is marked with its own pin, to work out which alley to take.

The easiest clue is human. The tourism board notes that you are likely to find the Duarte mausoleum simply because of the crowd standing in front of it.2 Around midday, and whenever a guided group arrives, the passage can be full; early in the visit it is often quieter. If you see a group of people gathered in a narrow alley with phones raised, you are almost certainly there.

If you prefer not to search at all, join a guide. Cemetery staff lead free Spanish walks from the gate on the hour,16 and our English tour runs for 2 hours, its guide waiting beside the ticket booth. Note that this tour does not include the cemetery entrance ticket, which you buy beforehand at the gate or online.

Her body's journey

From the CGT to the family vault

  1. July 1952

    Death and funeral

    She died aged 33; the public funeral lasted 16 days.8,9

  2. November 1955

    Taken from the CGT

    Army intelligence officers removed the body at night.10

  3. April 1957

    A false name in Milan

    Buried in grave 41, sector 86, at Musocco.11

  4. September 1971

    Handed back in Madrid

    Exhumed in Milan and given to Peron on 3 September.12

  5. November

    Home to Argentina

    Repatriated on 17 November after Peron's death in 1974.13

  6. After March 1976

    Recoleta

    Given to her family after the coup and buried under strict security.3,4

Her life in brief

Eva Duarte was born in Los Toldos, in the province of Buenos Aires, on 7 May 1919.21 She moved to the capital as a teenager in 1935 and soon found work as an actress, living in boarding houses and struggling for money.22 Radio drama changed her fortunes, and in 1943 she helped found the Asociación Radial Argentina, the first union of radio workers, which she also chaired.23

At Luna Park stadium, during a fundraiser for victims of an earthquake in San Juan, she is believed to have first met the army officer Juan Domingo Peron, in 1944.24 They married in 1945.25 She never accepted a post in his government, choosing instead to work through the social foundation that carried her name,26 and in 1949 she founded the Female Peronist Party.27

Her campaigns for women's rights, from the vote for women to shared parental custody, and her welfare programs are why many people still revere her.28 Others remember her as a divisive figure, and this page takes no side. In 1951 the CGT labor confederation proposed her as candidate for vice president, a nomination she declined herself.29 She died on 26 July 1952, aged 33.8

Plan your visit

How should you visit Evita's tomb?

Match the visit to how much of her story you want.

  • If I only want to see the vault

    Go alone with the map

    The tomb is marked on our map, and the crowd outside it is a reliable signpost.2

  • If I want the whole story in English

    Book the guided tour

    The English tour lasts 2 hours and covers Evita's mausoleum.

  • If I speak Spanish and travel on a budget

    Join the free city walk

    Free guided walks in Spanish leave the main entrance every hour.16

  • If I want a small group

    Pick a capped group

    A capped tour takes 15 guests at most.

  • If I want her life, not her death

    Add the Evita Museum

    It opened in 2002 in a house her foundation bought.20

Evita in Recoleta

Places to remember her nearby

Her resting place

The Duarte vault

Inside the cemetery

  • WhereA side passage
  • ExpectA small crowd
  • EntryCemetery ticket
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Open air

Plaza Evita

By the National Library

  • WhatBronze statue
  • SculptorRicardo Giannetti
  • UnveiledDecember 1999
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Her life story

Evita Museum

Lafinur street

  • Opened2002
  • BuildingBought in 1948
  • Getting thereBus 93
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From the CGT to a grave in Milan

After 16 days of public funeral, her body was taken to the CGT building to complete the embalming, which took a year.9,76 According to the tourism board, it stayed on display at her former office there.77 When the coup of 16 September 1955 overthrew Peron, the embalmed body was still on the second floor of that building.9

On the night of 23 November 1955, army intelligence officers entered the CGT and took the body away, as the Evita Museum's account records.10 For years its whereabouts were a secret kept from her family and from the public. The museum describes how candles appeared outside several of the places where it was hidden, a sign that her supporters had worked out where she was.

In April 1957 she was buried under a false name in grave 41, sector 86, of the Musocco cemetery in Milan.11 For the next 14 years a nun, known as Sister Pina, laid flowers on that grave without knowing who lay beneath them.78 The tourism board summarizes this chapter in one line: her body was taken and hidden in an Italian cemetery after the coup.79

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What a guided visit to Evita's tomb costs your group

Compare guided cemetery tours that include her vault.

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What a guided visit to Evita's tomb costs your group

Compare guided cemetery tours that include her vault.

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Starting prices on GetYourGuide, exchanged at the ECB reference rate. The booking page gives the exact price.

The return to Argentina and to Recoleta

On 2 September 1971 the coffin was exhumed in Milan and driven to Madrid, where Peron was living in exile.80 The next day, 3 September 1971, Argentina's ambassador handed the body over to him, after 16 years in which its whereabouts had been unknown.12 The Evita Museum notes that it would take 3 more years for her to come home, and 2 more before she rested in Recoleta.81

Peron died on 1 July 1974, and the new president, his widow Isabel, decided to bring Eva's remains back on 17 November as a gesture of peace.13 The city government's own summary dates the repatriation to 1975,17 so the official accounts differ by a year on the date of the flight home. What they agree on is the end of the story, and the reason this page exists: her remains now rest in Recoleta, among the families who shaped the country she lived in.

Back in Argentina, her coffin was placed beside Peron's in a chapel at the Olivos presidential residence, where both stayed until the coup of March 1976.3 The military government then sent Peron's body to Chacarita cemetery and handed Eva's to her family, who buried her under strict security in the Duarte vault at Recoleta.4 That is why the couple lie apart today.

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Recoleta Cemetery and Eva Peron's resting place

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After 16 years in which no one knew where she was, on 3 September 1971 Eva's body was handed over to General Peron in Spain.
Museo Evita (Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Historicas Eva Peron)12

Before you go

Visiting Evita's tomb: checklist

Getting there3

  • Buy the cemetery entrance ticket before the tour, at the gate or online
  • Pick up the free map at the entrance15
  • Arrive early, before groups fill the passage

At the vault3

  • Wait your turn for photos and keep your voice low
  • Do not touch the plaques or the door
  • Step aside for anyone who comes to pray or leave flowers

Afterwards2

  • Bus 93 runs toward the Evita Museum75
  • Walk to Plaza Evita by the National Library72

Why the vault sits so deep

After a body stolen once, the family and the state took no chances. The tourism board describes Evita lying in a heavily fortified crypt, deep underground, built to protect her remains from another theft.18 Visitors only ever see the facade and the plaques; the coffin itself is far below the level of the alley where you stand.

The tourism board's own pages disagree on the depth. Its main Recoleta Cemetery page says some 5 meters underground,18 while its itinerary pages say she lies 8 meters beneath the marble tomb.19 We give both figures with their source rather than pick one. Either way, nothing you can see from the alley tells you how far down the coffin lies.

The security has a reason that goes beyond fear of thieves. The Evita Museum's account of the body's journey describes how, in 1955, those who held power feared that a grave could become a place of pilgrimage and a rallying point.9 Today it is exactly that, a peaceful one, and the depth simply guarantees that her family's vault stays undisturbed.

Visiting with respect, and Evita beyond the cemetery

Treat the passage as a shared space. Wait your turn for a photograph, keep your voice low, and make way for anyone arriving to pray or bring flowers. Do not touch the plaques, lean on the door or block the alley for a group shot. If a guided group is talking in front of the vault, look at neighboring tombs for a few minutes and come back when the passage clears.

Evita's story continues outside the walls. Close by stands the National Library, built on the site of the Perons' presidential residence,72 and a short walk away is Plaza Evita, with a bronze statue of her by Ricardo Giannetti unveiled in December 1999.82 The square is a quiet place to sit after the crowd at the vault.

To understand her life rather than her death, visit the Evita Museum, which opened in 2002 on the 50th anniversary of her death.20 It occupies a townhouse her foundation bought in 1948 as a shelter for women arriving from the provinces.83 The tourism board's Evita itinerary takes bus 93 from Avenida Pueyrredón to Las Heras and Lafinur to reach it.75

FAQ

Questions answered quickly.

Where is Eva Peron buried in Recoleta Cemetery?
In the Duarte family vault.

She lies with her own family in a side passage of the cemetery, and the vault is usually easy to spot by the people gathered in front of it.2

Is Juan Peron buried next to Evita?
No.

After the coup of March 1976 his body went to Chacarita cemetery, while hers was given to her family for Recoleta.3,4

How deep is Evita's coffin?
Several meters down.

The tourism board gives some 5 meters on one page and 8 meters on others; both describe a protected crypt.18,19

When did Eva Peron die?
On 26 July 1952.

She was 33 years old.8

How long did it take for her body to reach Recoleta?
Decades.

The body was hidden after 1955 and only buried in the family vault after the coup of March 1976.10,3

Do I need a ticket to visit the tomb?
Yes, for the cemetery.

You need the cemetery admission ticket, sold by the city to residents and foreigners alike; the vault has no separate fee.84

Does the English tour stop at Evita's vault?
Yes, it is part of the visit.

The 2-hour guided tour sold here covers the cemetery's famous mausoleums, Evita's among them.

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