Centafio de los Tres Amigos (Cenotaph of the Three Friends) is a memorial honoring three good friends who died within a year of each other--Benito Lugonec, a journalist for journalist for La Nación; writer and politician Alberto Viola; and poet Adolfo Mitre, the son of President Bartolomé Mitre. The triangular pyramid feature a bas-relief, designed by Augusto Felice, of each of the friends on each side.
La Recoleta Cemetery, set in 5.5 hectares or the equivalent of about four city blocks, has more than 350,000 people buried in an estimated 4,7000 vaults--all above ground, and many of which have been declared National historical Monuments. Many of the elaborate marble mausoleums are decorated with statues, in a wide variety of architectural styles such as Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Baroque, and Neo-Gothic The cemetery was inaugurated under the name Cementerio del Norte (Northern Cemetery) on November 17, 1822, around Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Pilar, the church and convent built in 1732 and abandoned in 1822 by the monks of the Order of the Recoletos. The original 1822 layout was designed by architect and civil engineer Próspero Catelin, and an 1881 remodeleing was handled by Italian architect Juan Antonio Buschiazzo.
for more information on Recoleta Cemetery, please see the fantastic AfterLife blog by Robert Wright at recoletacemetery.com.
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