The changing of the guard and my poor attempt at panning.
San Martin's mausoleum
Graffiti by the Movimiento Izquiera Revolucionario equating the church and the military dictatorship.
Catedral
As Buenos Aires was a relative colonial backwater, the catheral on Plaza de Mayo doesn't really compare with Mexico City or Lima, altho it's got a lot of historical importance, including being the grave site of national hero San Martin.
The changing of the guard and my poor attempt at panning.
San Martin's mausoleum
Graffiti by the Movimiento Izquiera Revolucionario equating the church and the military dictatorship.
The changing of the guard and my poor attempt at panning.
San Martin's mausoleum
Graffiti by the Movimiento Izquiera Revolucionario equating the church and the military dictatorship.
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2 comments:
A nice view of Buenos Aeres.
Among this pictures, i think that the graffiti is interesting. It seems to tell a lot about Argentina's history.
have you seen a detail about San Martín's Mausoleum?
It is not really under the ceiling of the church. I got the version that this is because San Martín was a free-mason.
When I was in primary school (a long time ago, during the dictatorship, in fact), I have been tought that the building of the Cathedral is not very old, as the original ones fell down due to unsuitable foundations. Maybe some of your architect friends can tell you the actual information.
Unlike Mexico or Lima (the original vive-royalty capital city), Buenos Aires was not a big city until the second half XIXth century. That's why the more historical churches in Argentina are in Córdoba or Salta, for instance.
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