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Metropolitan Cathedral Argentina

January 16, 2010 | Countries, Tourist Attractions, Travel Guide

Metropolitan Cathedral is the main Catholic Church in Buenos Aires. It is situated at the corner of San Martin and Rivadavia streets, in the fringes of San Nicolas and in front of Plaza de Mayo which is the city’s business district.

This neoclassical style building with a spectacular dome was projected by Turinesse architect Antonio Masella. This marvelous cathedral took nearly a century to get its final shape. Though the construction work of this outstanding church began in 1753 and consecrated in 1791, the building of the facade began in 1802 during the reign of Bernardino Rivadavia. The design of this famous architecture was Cataelin and Benoit of France. Five former churches engaged the same place before this cathedral. The actual body of the Metropolitan Cathedral was built in 1745and was designed with new facade with the original structure of the Metropolitan Cathedral which had carvings that narrated the story of Jacob and his son Joseph. The deluging appearance of the cathedral was converted from a conventional Spanish colonial look to a Greek-resurgence style at that time, with a gable and colonnade in front.

The body of General Jose de San Martin, the liberator of South America and regarded as the ‘father of the nation’ is buried in a different mausoleum which can be approached from the principle structure of the cathedral. As he was considered to be a Freemanson he was not buried inside the cathedral. His body is a summoning sign of Argentina’s conjugation and advance to grandness when Buenos Aires became the capital of Argentina at the end of a long civil war. The tomb of the unknown soldier of Argentine independence is also here, and an eternal flame burns on the cathedral’s facade in his memory. On the east side of the cathedral there is a statue of Jesus with the annotation, “Santo Cristo Del Gran Amor” or the Holy Christ of Great Love. It was donated by an Argentine football player whose family had vanished in 1978.