Cementerio de la Recoleta

This plot was part of the lands donated by don Fernando de Valdez e Incian and his wife Gregoria de Herrera y Hurtado to the secluded order for the construction of the adjoining Convent and Church. The friars had their orchard here until the order was expelled in 1822 due to the Ecclesiastical Reform.

The same year, the French engineer Prospero Catelin was commissioned the design of a public cemetery, inaugurated on November 17th in 1881, the city mayor Torcuato de Alvear entrusted architect Juan Antonio Buschiazzo with the refurbishment of the cemetery, and the grand portico at the entrance was added. The image of Christ in the chapel is a work by Italian sculptor Giuilio Monteverde.

The remains of major personalities of Argentina history lie in the imposing tombs in this cemetery. National heroes, Independence warriors, presidents, writers, scientists and artists that turn this mausoleum into an open air museum.

Spanish:
Este solar formaba part de las tierras donadas por Don Fernando de Valdez e Incl

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