Our Lady of Mercy Church of Buenos Aires | |
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Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Merced de Buenos Aires | |
facade of the Church of La Merced | |
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 |
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]
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]
Our Lady of Mercy Church of Buenos Aires | |
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Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Merced de Buenos Aires | |
facade of the Church of La Merced | |
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 |
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]
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]