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Recoleta may refer to: *Recoleta, Argentina, suburb of Buenos Aires, Argentina ** La Recoleta Cemetery, cemetery in the above commune *Recoleta, Asunción, neighborhood of Asunción, Paraguay **Recoleta Cemetery, Asuncion, cemetery in Paraguay * Recoleta, Chile, commune in Santiago, Chile ** Deportes Recoleta, an association football club *Recoleta (Charlottesville, Virginia) Recoleta, also known as Rothery, is a historic home located at Charlottesville, Virginia. It was built in 1940, and is a two- to three-story, U-shaped, Spanish Colonial Revival style dwelling. The house is constructed of stuccoed reinforced cin ..., United States, a historic home See also *, a school in Peru * Deportivo Recoleta, a football club of Asunción (Paraguay) {{geodis ...
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Recoleta, Argentina
Recoleta is a ''barrios of Buenos Aires, barrio'' or neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina, located in the northern part of the city, by the Río de la Plata. The area is perhaps best known to be the home of the distinguished Recoleta Cemetery. It is a traditional upper-class and Conservatism, conservative neighborhood with some of the priciest real estate in the city, known for Paris-style townhouses, lavish former palaces and posh boutiques. The neighborhood is served by Line D (Buenos Aires Underground), Line D and Line H (Buenos Aires Underground), Line H of the Buenos Aires Underground, as well as by many bus lines in Avenida Santa Fe. Geographical location The Recoleta neighborhood is composed of the area limited by Montevideo and Uruguay Streets, Córdoba Avenue, Mario Bravo and Coronel Díaz Streets, Las Heras Avenue, Tagle Street, the Ferrocarril General Bartolomé Mitre, F.G.B.M railway, Jerónimo Salguero Street, and by the Río de La Plata or River Plate. Neig ...
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La Recoleta Cemetery
La Recoleta Cemetery ( es, Cementerio de la Recoleta) is a cemetery located in the Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Recoleta Barrios and Communes of Buenos Aires, neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It contains the graves of notable people, including Eva Perón, President of Argentina, presidents of Argentina, Nobel Prize winners, the founder of the Argentine Navy, and military commanders like Julio Argentino Roca. In 2011, the BBC hailed it as one of the world's best cemeteries, and in 2013, CNN listed it among the 10 most beautiful cemeteries in the world. History Franciscan Recollect monks () arrived in this area, then the outskirts of Buenos Aires, in the early eighteenth century. The cemetery is built around the Recollect Convent () and a church, Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar, Buenos Aires, Our Lady of Pilar ('), built in 1732. The order was disbanded in 1822, and the garden of the convent was converted into the first public cemetery in Buenos Aires. Inaugurated on 17 Nov ...
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Recoleta, Asunción
Recoleta is a neighbourhood (''barrio'') of Asunción, Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th .... Neighbourhoods of Asunción {{Paraguay-geo-stub ...
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Recoleta Cemetery, Asuncion
La Recoleta Cemetery ( es, Cementerio de la Recoleta) is a national cemetery located on the Avenue Mariscal López, Recoleta, Asunción, Paraguay. It contains the graves of important figures in the country's history, including presidents of Paraguay. The Cemetery is open to the public and has an area of about 14 hectares. History The cemetery is on the site of a Franciscan Recollets convent, nationalised by José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia who had appointed himself head of the Paraguayan Church. Its origin dates from 20 October 1842 the date of its establishment by the government of Carlos Antonio López and consul Mariano Roque Alonso. Its creation was due to the lack of space for the burial of the deceased. Prior to this, remains were buried in churches or in the patios of houses. It was the first general public cemetery in the city and the country. Notable interments * Augusto Roa Bastos (1917–2005), author * (1963–2009), singer * León Cadogan (1899–1973), ethn ...
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Recoleta, Chile
Recoleta is a communes of Chile, commune of Chile located in the north of Santiago Province, Chile, Santiago Province. It belongs to the Santiago Metropolitan Region which is the capital and seat of the executive branch. It is south of Huechuraba, east of Independencia, Chile, Independencia and Conchalí, west of Providencia, Chile, Providencia and Vitacura, and north of Santiago (commune), Santiago. The Mapocho River and the San Cristóbal Hill form the natural boundary on the south and east sides, respectively, of Recoleta. Demographics According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute (Chile), National Statistics Institute, Recoleta spans an area of and has 148,220 inhabitants (72,314 men and 75,906 women), and the commune is an entirely urban area. The population fell by 10% (16547 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses. It had a 2006 projected population of 136,982.
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Deportes Recoleta
Club Deportes Recoleta is an association football club of Chile of the commune of Recoleta, situated in the town of Santiago. It was the champion of the Tercera División B in 2015 and the champion of the Segunda Division of Chile in 2021 playing now in the Primera B, the second level of Chilean football. History The ''Corporación Municipal de Deportes de Recoleta'' through its mayor, Daniel Jadue, raises the interest of framing and develop a structural program it will be mainly the conformation of a sports club football of amateur nature that compete in the Tercera División B of the Championship ANFA, And that it develops under certain selective parameters that will generate a new organizational array in regard to the process of recruitment and training of future values that they perform in the sporting activity. Official debut The club it was accepted to play the Tercera División B of Chile in the year 2014, the same year of its creation, in his first official match, f ...
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Recoleta (Charlottesville, Virginia)
Recoleta, also known as Rothery, is a historic home located at Charlottesville, Virginia. It was built in 1940, and is a two- to three-story, U-shaped, Spanish Colonial Revival style dwelling. The house is constructed of stuccoed reinforced cinder block and has a red tile gable roof, arched openings, an exterior stair, a balcony, and steel-framed casement windows. The "U" contains a patio enclosed by a loggia with a garden front. Also on the property is a contributing garden enclosed by a cinder block wall built in 1946 that incorporates a fountain wall with a tile roof, circular lantern niches, and a patio. The house was built for University of Virginia music professor Harry Rogers Pratt and his wife, Agnes Edwards Rothery Pratt. an''Accompanying four photos''/ref> It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures ...
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