Our Lady of Mercy Church (Buenos Aires)
Our Lady of Mercy Church of Buenos Aires (Spanish: Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Merced de Buenos Aires) is an Argentine Catholic church.[1] It is located on Calle Reconquista corner of Tte. Gen. Juan Domingo Perón Street, in the neighborhood of San Nicolas in Buenos Aires.[2]
Our Lady of Mercy Church of Buenos Aires | |
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Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Merced de Buenos Aires | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
District | Buenos Aires |
Rite | Catholic |
Patron | Virgin of Mercy |
Status | Order of Mercy |
Location | |
Location | Reconquista 207, Buenos Aires |
Country | Argentina |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Giovanni Battista Primoli Giovanni Andrea Bianchi Mario Buschiazzo |
Type | Eclecticism |
Date established | 1603 |
Completed | 1900 |
History
The church was originally designed by Italian architects Giovanni Andrea Bianchi and Giovanni Battista Primoli, who started the construction works around 1721.[3] The current façade is the work of the architect Mario Buschiazzo, who completed the remodeling in 1900.[4]
Like other religious buildings of the time, the church also had a cemetery, where a large number of Buenos Aires residents, politicians and soldiers were buried.[5] Curiously, the Merced Cemetery was located in the place where the Anglican Cathedral of St. John the Baptist of Buenos Aires was built in 1830.[6]
Gallery
- Original façade of the Church of Our Lady of Mercy of Buenos Aires (Casa Witcomb 1877).
- Panoramic view of the church
- Our Lady of Mercy Basilica
- Altar of the Basilica Our Lady of Mercy
References
- Monumentos históricos de la República Argentina, Comisión Nacional de Museos, Monumentos y Lugares Históricos
- Manual informativo de la ciudad de Buenos Aires, Instituto Histórico de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires
- Historia del arte argentino, José León Pagano
- Historia de la cultura Argentina, Francisco Arriola
- Revista eclesiástica del Arzobispado de Buenos Aires, Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
- "Jamás he estado en casa": La iglesia anglicana y los ingleses en la Argentina, Paula Seiguer