[ENG] The Recoleta Cemetery, an architectural work, full of art, in Buenos Aires, Argentina [ESP] El cementerio la Recoleta, una obra arquitectónica, llena de arte, en Buenos Aires, Argentina

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The Recoleta Cemetery, an architectural work, full of art, in Buenos Aires, Argentina

_{Portico of the main entrance created by the architect Juan Antonio Buschiazzo (Pórtico de la entrada principal creada por el arquitecto Juan Antonio Buschiazzo)}

     Dear Hive reader friends, I feel great pleasure in showing you a series of photos taken by my sister Myrna, on her visit to the city of Buenos Aires to be with her son, grandson, and daughter-in-law for a couple of months. On this occasion I am going to dedicate to you the visit they made to La Recoleta Cemetery, a work of architecture that attracts for its multiform crypts, forgetting that it is a cemetery, which is located adjacent to the Plaza Intendente Torcuato de Alvear in the Recoleta neighborhood, in one of the most touristic places in Buenos Aires. The necropolis takes its name from the neighborhood where it is located, which in turn takes its name from the Convent of the Recollect monks, to which the adjoining Basilica Nuestra Señora del Pilar also belongs.

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_{Monument in honor of Valentín Alsina, Argentinian Unitarian jurist and politician, governor of the province of Buenos Aires on two occasions. It is a cylindrical column on an octagonal base, built in marble. On the shaft of the column there are four small allegorical figures made in bronce (Monumento en honor a Valentín Alsina, jurista y político unitario argentino, gobernador de la provincia de Buenos Aires en dos oportunidades. Se trata de una columna cilíndrica sobre basamento octogonal, construida en mármol. Sobre el fuste de la columna hay cuatro pequeñas figuras alegóricas hechas en bronce)}

     La Recoleta was inaugurated in 1822, being the first public cemetery in Buenos Aires, where many characters of the life and history of Argentina have gone to obtain eternal rest: heroes, warriors of independence, scientists, figures of political life, intellectual, artistic and family of the city. The cemetery is characterized by having in its interior more than 90 vaults and/or mausoleums that have been declared a National Historic Monument. The cemetery is a work of the French engineer and architect Próspero Catelin.

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_{A street from La Recoleta Cemetery-Museum (Una calle del Museo-cementerio La Recoleta)}

     The land, of only five and a half blocks where the holy field is currently located, belonged to the Recollect monks until 1822 when they were expelled from the country and it was decided to build a public cemetery on the site. Later, in 1881, remodeling was carried out, which was in charge of the architect Juan Antonio Buschiazzo, creator of the portico of the main entrance.

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_{My sister Myrna and her son Edgar in the cemetery (Mi hermana Myrna y su hijo Edgar en el cementerio)}

     The layout of La Recoleta is really different from other known cemeteries. Its fame is due to the beauty of its architecture, sculptures, bronzes, and stained glass. It is built like a city with blocks, streets with names, alleys, and small squares. It is considered one of the most extraordinary cemeteries in the world, with some 6,400 mausoleums that stand out for their architectural designs, which, fortunately, in their Most are in good condition. There are, however, some vaults in a state of abandonment that cannot be demolished since the tombs are in perpetuity. About 350 thousand souls are buried in this cemetery.

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_{Departure from La Recoleta Cemetery (Salida del cementerio La Recoleta)}

     Walking through its streets and alleys we find so many works of art, by national and foreign artists: marble figures of religious images, the bronze used to portray the deceased or to decorate the doors of the vaults, and the largest collection of stained-glass windows. of the country, which gives the sensation of walking through an open-air museum.

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_{There are many mausoleums with stained glass windows in the cemetery (Hay muchos mausoleos con vitrales en el cementerio)}

     Just as an example, it is worth remembering some names of famous Argentine personalities, whose mortal remains are buried in La Recoleta: Eva Perón (former first lady); former presidents Sarmiento, Raúl Alfonsín, Arturo Umberto Illia Francisconi, Bartolome Miter and Cartlos Pellegrini; the famous writers José Hernández, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Paul Groussac and Victoria Ocampo; Nobel laureates Luis Federico Leloir and Carlos Saavedra Lamas.

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_{The mausoleum of the Federico R. Leloir family, physician and biochemist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1970), is one of the most impressive vaults in the cemetery, designed by the French architect A. Guilbert (El mausoleo de la familia Federico R. Leloir, médico y bioquímico, premio nobel de química (1970), es una de las más imponentes bóvedas del cementerio, diseñada por el arquitecto francés A. Guilbert)}

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_{The Leloir family monument consists of three parts: a cubic base, covered in polished granite; An intermediate part, made up of a drum made of bronze, where a dome rests, crowns the entire structure with a temple surrounded by Ionic columns, on which a great dome rests, inside which the Redeemer is represented (El monumento de la familia Leloir consta de tres partes: un basamento cúbico, revestido de granito pulido; una parte intermedia, compuesta por un tambor realizado en bronce, donde apoya una cúpula, corona toda la estructura un templete rodeado por columnas jónicas, sobre las cuales apoya una gran cúpula, en cuyo interior está representado el Redentor)}

     Many mausoleums and cenotaphs simulate Gothic chapels and Greek temples, as well as monumental funerary sculptures ranging from Neo-Gothic to Art Nouveau and Art Deco, are found within the cemetery grounds, and marble has been used mainly for its construction. The signature of the best Argentine architects can be found in many of the pantheons, and the family names are engraved on the facade of each mausoleum.

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_{Almost at the entrance of the holy field is the tomb of Lieutenant-General Riccheri, which is a mixture of architectural design and sculptural work by the artist Luis Perlotti. (Casi a la entrada del campo santo se encuentra el sepulcro del Teniente-general Riccheri, el cual es una mezcla de diseño arquitectónico y obra escultórica del artista Luis Perlotti)}

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_{The artist Perlotti made the statue of the soldier scrupulously paying attention to the clothing, complementing it with bronze panels and female figures (El artista Perlotti realizó la estatua del militar atendiendo escrupulosamente al ropaje, complementándola con paneles de bronce y figuras femeninas)}

     As expected, like almost all cemeteries, Recoleta has its own legends and stories of tragedies. One of the most popular is the tragic death of a young woman, Rufina Cambasares, who died in 1902, after which she was taken to the cemetery on a day so rainy that the coffin was left in the chapel to be buried later. The next day, a cemetery employee found that the urn had been moved and opened, leading to the belief that it had been stolen; a reason why, the family demanded that they open the coffin, what would be the surprise that the interior of the coffin was scratched and her body was face down; On the other hand, the face, chest, neck, and extremities of the young woman were scratched, in addition to the fact that under her nails there were remains of wood from the urn, which suggested that she had been buried alive and had tried to get out of it.

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_{Tomb of Rufina Cambaceres, with the white marble statue of Rufina in one of the corners of the Recoleta cemetery. It shows her standing, with one hand on the latch of the pantheon, leaving, at last, free. It is a monument to the guilt her mother felt (Tumba de Rufina Cambaceres, con la estatua de mármol blanco de Rufina en una de las esquinas del cementerio de Recoleta. La muestra de pie, con una mano en el picaporte del panteón, saliendo, al fin, libre. Es un monumento a la culpa que sentía su madre)}

     A curiosity is that a large number of cats are living inside the holy field, which has led to the belief that these cats can see beyond what the human eye perceives, which supposedly explains their strange behavior. This fact caught my attention personally when I visited La Recoleta, many years ago, because I have a certain fear of felines.

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_{The tomb of the young Rufina Cambaceres, daughter of an Argentine writer, is very popular for its history or legend. It is said that the young woman suffered a cataleptic attack and was buried alive (El sepulcro de la joven Rufina Cambaceres, hija de un escritor argentino, es muy popular por su historia o leyenda. Se dice que la joven sufrió un ataque de catalepsia y fue enterrada viva)}

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     Bibliographic references:
https://www.postcardsfromivi.com/en/recoleta-cemetery-buenos-aires/
https://ba-h.com.ar/cementerio-de-la-recoleta-lugares-de-buenos-aires/

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_{Mausoleum in black marble with the statue of Christ in the middle and two men kneeling at the sides (Mausoleo en mármol negro con la estatua de Cristo en el medio y dos hombres arrodillados a los costados)}

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El cementerio la Recoleta, una obra arquitectónica, llena de arte, en Buenos Aires, Argentina

_{The main entrance to the cemetery is a portico with four columns of the Greek Doric order, completed in 1881 (La entrada principal del cementerio es un pórtico con cuatro columnas de orden dórico griego, concluido en 1881)}
     Estimados amigos lectores de Hive, siento gran pacer en mostrarles una serie de fotos tomadas por mi hermana Myrna, en su visita a la ciudad de Buenos Aires para estar con su hijo, nieto y nuera durante un par de meses. En esta oportunidad voy a dedicarles la visita que hicieron al Cementerio La Recoleta, una obra de arquitectura que atrae por sus criptas multiformes, olvidándose de que es un cementerio, que se encuentra ubicado adyacente a la Plaza Intendente Torcuato de Alvear del barrio Recoleta, en uno de los lugares más turísticos de Buenos Aires. La necrópolis toma su nombre del barrio donde se encuentra ubicado, que a su vez lo toma del Convento de los monjes recoletos, al que también pertenecía la contigua Basílica Nuestra Señora del Pilar.

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_{Monument in honor of Valentín Alsina (Monumento en honor a Valentín Alsina)}

     La Recoleta fue inaugurado en 1822, siendo el primer cementerio público de Buenos Aires, donde han ido a obtener descanso eterno muchos personajes de la vida e historia de Argentina: próceres, guerreros de la independencia, científicos, figuras de la vida política, intelectual, artística y familiar de la ciudad. El cementerio se caracteriza por tener en su interior más de 90 bóvedas y/o mausoleos que han sido declarados Monumento Histórico Nacional, desde 1946. Se trata de una obra del ingeniero y arquitecto francés Próspero Catelin.

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_{Mausoleum of the family of José M. Bancalari, who was an Argentine lawyer and politician, several times deputy (Mausoleo de la familia de José M. Bancalari, quien fuera un abogado y político argentino, varias veces diputado)}

     El terreno, de solo cinco manzanas y media donde actualmente se encuentra el campo santo, pertenecía a los monjes recoletos hasta 1822, cuando fueron expulsados del país y se decidió trazar un cementerio público en el lugar. Posteriormente, en 1881 se realizó una remodelación, la cual estuvo a cargo del arquitecto Juan Antonio Buschiazzo, creador del pórtico de la entrada principal.

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_{The monument dedicated to the soldier, journalist and politician José C. Paz is a work made by Frenchman Jules Félix Coutan; It is a cubic figure covered in black granite that serves as a pedestal for two angels made of marble, which ends in a winged figure that indicates infinity, eternity. (El monumento dedicado al militar, periodista y político José C. Paz es una obra realizada por el francés Jules Félix Coutan; se trata de una figura cúbica revestida en granito negro que sirve de pedestal a dos ángeles realizado en mármol, que termina en una figura alada que señala el infinito, la eternidad)}

     El diseño de La Recoleta es realmente diferente de otros cementerios conocidos. Su fama se debe a la belleza de su arquitectura, esculturas, bronces y vitrales. Está construido como una ciudad con manzanas, calles con nombre, callejones y pequeñas plazas., se le considera uno de los cementerios más extraordinarios del mundo, con unos 6.400 mausoleos que llaman la atención por sus diseños arquitectónicos, los cuales, afortunadamente, en su mayoría, se conservan en buen estado. Existen, sin embargo, algunas bóvedas en estado de abandono que no pueden ser demolidas ya que los sepulcros son a perpetuidad. En este cementerio están enterradas unas 350 mil almas.

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_{The vault where the remains of Eva Peón rest, a member of the Duarte Family, exhibits an art deco trend from the 1930s. Its door is made of bronze with festoons of flowers and leaves serving as the background for a Latin cross. The upper part has a brazier symbol of eternity (La bóveda donde descansan los restos de Eva Peón, miembro de la Familia Duarte, exhibe tendencia art decó de la década del 30. Su puerta es de bronce con festones flores y hojas sirven de fondo a una cruz latina. La parte superior tiene un brasero símbolo de la eternidad)}

     Caminando por sus calles y callejones nos encontramos con tantas obras de arte, de artistas nacionales y extranjeros: figuras en mármol de imágenes religiosas, el bronce usado para retratar a los difuntos o para adornar las puertas de las bóvedas, y la mayor colección de vitrales del país, que da la sensación de que se estuviera caminando por un museo al aire libre.

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_{Mausoleum of Manuel Dorrego, hero of the independence of Argentina, indicated the guide friend who accompanied my relatives in the necropolis (Mausoleo de Manuel Dorrego, héroe de la independencia de Argentina, indicaba el amigo guía que acompañó a mis familiares en la necrópolis)}

     Solo a modo de ejemplo, vale la pena recordar algunos nombres de personajes argentinos famosos, cuyos restos mortales se encuentran enterrados en La Recoleta: Eva Perón (ex primera dama); los ex-presidentes Sarmiento, Raúl Alfonsín, Arturo Umberto Illia Francisconi, Bartolome Mitre y Cartlos Pellegrini; los famosos escritores José Hernández, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Paul Groussac y Victoria Ocampo; los laureados premios nobel Luis Federico Leloir y Carlos Saavedra Lamas.

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_{Monumental vault where the remains of Salvador María Del Carril, governor, diplomat, first constitutional vice president of the Nation and his wife lie (Monumental bóveda donde yacen los restos de Salvador María Del Carril, gobernador, diplomático, primer vicepresidente constitucional de la Nación y su esposa)}

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_{“Salvador María del Carril” Mausoleum, two figures with their backs turned for all eternity as a sign of their encounters and disagreements (Mausoleo “Salvador María del Carril”, dos figuras de espaldas por toda la eternidad en señal de sus encuentros y desencuentros)}

     Muchos mausoleos y cenotafios simulan capillas góticas y templos griegos, así como monumentales esculturas funerarias que van desde el Neogótico hasta el Art Nouveau y el Art Déco, se encuentran dentro de los predios del cementerio, para su construcción se ha utilizado principalmente mármol. La firma de los mejores arquitectos argentinos se encuentra en muchos de los panteones y los nombres de las familias está grabado en la fachada de cada mausoleo.

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_{Tomb where the remains of the parents of the Liberator, José de San Martín, rest (Tumba donde descansan los restos de los padres del Libertador, José de San Martín)}

     Como era de esperarse, al igual que casi todos los cementerios, el de la Recoleta tiene sus propias leyendas e historias de tragedias. Una de las más populares es la trágica muerte de una joven, Rufina Cambasares, quien murió en 1902, luego de lo cual fue llevada al cementerio un día tan lluvioso que el ataúd fue dejado en la capilla para ser sepultada mas tarde. El siguiente día, un empleado del cementerio se encontró con que la urna había sido movida y abierto, lo que hizo pensar que había sido un robo; razón por la cual, la familia exigió que abrieran el ataúd, cuál sería la sorpresa que el interior del ataúd estaba rayado y su cuerpo se encontraba boca abajo; por otra parte, la cara, el pecho, el cuello y las extremidades de la joven estaban arañadas, además de que bajo sus uñas había restos de madera de la urna, lo que hizo pensar que había sido enterrada viva y había tratado de salir de la urna.

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_{Walking through the corridors of the cemetery is a striking statue dedicated to a woman named Liliana Crociati, whose tragedy moved Buenos Aires. The mausoleum is a memory of this young woman who died during her honeymoon in Innsbruck, Austria, when she was sleeping with her husb in their hotel room and an avalanche buried them, he was rescued within minutes, but it took her longer in finding her. Although they managed to get her out, she died shortly after (Caminando por los pasillos del cementerio se encuentra una llamativa estatua dedicada a una mujer llamada Liliana Crociati, cuya tragedia conmovió a Buenos Aires. El mausoleo es un recuerdo a esta joven que murió durante su luna de miel en Innsbruck, Austria, cuando dormía con su esposo y una avalancha los sepultó, él fue rescatado a los pocos minutos, pero a ella tardaron más en encontrarla. Aunque lograron sacarla, falleció al poco tiempo)}

     Una curiosidad es que dentro del campo santo se encuentran viviendo una gran cantidad de gatos, lo que ha producido la creencia de que estos felinos pueden ver más allá de lo que el ojo humano percibe, lo que supuestamente explica sus extraños comportamientos. Este hecho me llamó personalmente la atención cuando visité La Recoleta, hace ya muchos años, porque le tengo cierto temor a los felinos.

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_{In front of the niche where the remains of Liliana Crociati are located, her parents had the mausoleum built and a beautiful sculpture of her daughter in her wedding dress, in which she was buried. It is accompanied by a sculpture of her dog Sabú. There is also a plaque with a poem written by his father (Frente al nicho en donde están ubicados los restos de Liliana Crociati, sus padres mandaron hacer el mausoleo y una bella escultura de su hija con su vestido de novia, con el que fue sepultada. La acompaña una escultura de su perro Sabú. También hay una placa con un poema escrito por su padre)}

     Referencias bibliográficas:
https://www.postcardsfromivi.com/es/cementerio-de-la-recoleta-buenos-aires/
https://ba-h.com.ar/cementerio-de-la-recoleta-lugares-de-buenos-aires/

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_{The mausoleum, similar to a Roman temple, where the remains of the Buenos Aires aristocrat Mariano Unzué and his family rest (El mausoleo, parecido a un templo romano, donde descansan los restos del aristócrata porteño Mariano Unzué y su familia)}

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Photo gallery (Galería de fotos)

_{Vault of María Eva Duarte de Perón (Evita), wife and first lady of President Perón, promoter of the recognition of the rights of workers and women, including the female vote (year 1947), in addition to carrying out extensive social work from the Eve Foundation (Bóveda de María Eva Duarte de Perón (Evita), esposa y primera dama del presidente Perón, impulsora del reconocimiento de los derechos de los trabajadores y de la mujer, entre ellos el voto femenino (año 1947), además de realizar una amplia obra social desde la Fundación Eva Perón)}

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_{The grave says: "Here rests D. Remedio Escalada, wife and friend of the Liberator of Argentina General. Jose de San Martin -1823 (La fosa dice: “Aquí descansa D. Remedio Escalada, esposa y amiga del Libertador de Argentina General. José de San Martín -1823)}

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_{My sister and her son outside the Cemetery, behind the Faculty of Law of the University of Buenos Aires (En las afuera del Cementerio, detrás la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Buenos Aires)}

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Vault of the Balduino Crociati Family (Bóveda de la Familia Balduino Crociati)

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Good photos and very rich architecture of the cemetery, that is typical of the Latin culture that sees continuity in death.

In many cemeteries in Latin America, for example in Peru, they make tours of the cemetery as a tourist attraction, they even do it at night; I get the impression that they do that there?, thanks

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Hi jhonnygo, thank you for your comment. The Recoleta Cemetery is truly a tourist site, where burials of the dead are occasionally held. In Venezuela that custom is not carried out because cemeteries are gloomy places or without any architectural or tourist attraction. I hope you have a happy Sunday

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Greetings dear friend Benjamin. The Recoleta Cemetery in Argentina may be a public cemetery, but I'd rather describe that landmark to be more of an art museum cum exhibition gallery. Not only is that location a significant venue to be reunited with our dearly departed, but we are also offered the great opportunity to truly admire the various creative masterpieces of architecture in all their glorious splendor. 😊

Which specific mausoleum/burial chamber in that necropolis has caught your curious attention and why?

[besamu]

Hello dear friend Erne, in fact the Recoleta Cemetery is an open-air museum and you can spend all day admiring the architectural beauties built there, as well as the spectacular stained glass windows. As for your two questions, I was enthralled by the whole complex when I was there years ago. From the photos my sister sent me, some mausoleums that caught my attention came to my mind and the one I liked the most, aesthetically speaking, was the mausoleum erected by Liliana Crociati's parents in memory of her daughter, dressed as a bride, accompanied for his dog and the plaque of the poem written by his father, which sincerely moved me. I must clarify that this choice is not easy, since many excellent works of art are found in this beautiful cemetery-museum.

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Amazing choice! I would probably be confused as well if I were in your place. Since there are plenty of remarkable architectural gems that could all be considered beautiful, exhibited in varying degrees. Thank you for showing us around this stunning cemetery! 😊

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[littlebee4]

It’s fascinating to walk over graveyards in new areas, places or even countries. The things you might see are beautiful. So much architecture can be found. I tend to do that on my adventures…
Thanks for sharing these with us. Beautiful photographs.

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Hi littlebee, thanks for your comment. I will be attentive to your post to enjoy your adventures.

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