Basílica Nuestra Señora del Pilar / Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar - Recoleta (Buenos Aires)
S 34° 35.204 W 058° 23.527
21H E 372327 N 6171904
The Baroque gem of Buenos Aires' barrio Recoleta, Basílica Nuestra Señora del Pilar (Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar), looks thanks to protection and repairs after 150 years practically untouched (...if not better).
Waymark Code: WMN1JN
Location: Argentina
Date Posted: 12/07/2014
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The Baroque gem of Buenos Aires' barrio Recoleta, Basílica Nuestra Señora del Pilar (Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar), looks thanks to protection and repairs after 150 years practically untouched (...if not better).
The historic photo was taken by a prominent French-Argentinian photegrapher Esteban Gonnet (1830–1869) in 1864.
White Basílica Nuestra Señora del Pilar, the key structure of the former Franciscan convent in Recoleta, belongs among the most beautiful examples of colonial Baroque architecture in Argentina.
The church was built together with convent of reformed Fransciscan order (so called Recollets or Recoletos) thanks to activity and sponsosrhip of Captain Pedro Bustinza and merchant Juan de Narbonne. The church was dedicated to Our Lady of the Pillar in remembrance and tribute to Narbonne' hometown, Zaragoza, where is famous basilica bearing the same name. The convent buldings were built the first, between 1715-1721, the church itself with 30 m high main belfry - work of architects Andrés Blanqui and Bautista Prímoli - was finished in 1732. The Franciscan bishop of Asuncion (Paraguay) consecrated the church on May 30, 1734.