Some 12 miles southwest of the city of Buenos Aires is a remarkable settlement called Ciudad Evita. It was founded in 1947 by the then-president of Argentina, Juan Perón, in tribute to his wife, Eva. What’s remarkable about it is that the entire street grid is designed to look like her profile – meaning that passengers flying in and out of the capital can, if they look closely enough, make out her nose and chignon bun from 10,000ft in the air.
This feat of urban planning is just one example of how Eva Perón’s legacy is kept alive in her homeland, where museums and monuments have been erected in her honour. “My biggest fear in life is to be forgotten,” Eva once said – though she really needn’t have worried.
