The Cemetery of La Plata ( es, Cementerio de La Plata) is one of the most important cemeteries in Buenos Aires Province,

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. It is located on the intersection of Avenue 31, 72 and diagonal 74 in Altos de San Lorenzo, La Plata. It was declared Cultural Heritage and Memorial of Buenos Aires Province. It was established in 1886 and designed by

Pedro Benoit Pedro Benoit (February 18, 1836 – April 4, 1897) was an Argentine architect, engineer, and urbanist best known for designing the layout of the city of La Plata. Life and times Pedro Benoit was born in Buenos Aires in 1836 to María Josefa ...

, who was also responsible for the design of the city. Some of his most remarkable architectural features are its main entrance and its many family vaults, which include neoclassical,

Neo-Gothic Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...

, Art Nouveau (in its variant of Catalan Art Nouveau),

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and

Egyptian revival Egyptian Revival is an architectural style that uses the motifs and imagery of ancient Egypt. It is attributed generally to the public awareness of ancient Egyptian monuments generated by Napoleon's conquest of Egypt and Admiral Nelson's defeat ...

styles. The main entrance is an impressive neo-classical portico with

Doric columns The Doric order was one of the three orders of ancient Greek and later Roman architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian. The Doric is most easily recognized by the simple circular capitals at the top of col ...

. The Catholic chapel, in Romanesque revival style, was finished in 1950. Its annex, the Jewish Cemetery, belongs to the

Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA; ) is a Jewish Community Centre located in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Established as ''Jevrá Kedushá'' in 1894, its mission was conceived to promote the well-being and development of Jewish life in Ar ...

in La Plata and is located on Avenue 72.

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