Our Lady of Mercy Church of Buenos Aires ( es, Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Merced de Buenos Aires) is an Argentine Catholic church. It is located on

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corner of Tte. Gen. Juan Domingo Perón Street, in the neighborhood of San Nicolas in Buenos Aires.

History

The church was originally designed by Italian architects and , who started the construction works around 1721. The current façade is the work of the architect Mario Buschiazzo, who completed the remodeling in 1900. Like other religious buildings of the time, the church also had a cemetery, where a large number of Buenos Aires residents, politicians and soldiers were buried. Curiously, the Merced Cemetery was located in the place where the Anglican Cathedral of St. John the Baptist of Buenos Aires was built in 1830.

Gallery

File:Iglesia de la Merced (Witcomb, 1877).jpg, Original façade of the Church of Our Lady of Mercy of Buenos Aires ( Casa Witcomb 1877). File:San Nicolás, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina - panoramio (15).jpg, Panoramic view of the church File:Basilica Nuestra Señora de la Merced Buenos Aires 2015.JPG, Our Lady of Mercy Basilica File:Altar de la Basílica de la Merced en Buenos Aires.JPG, Altar of the Basilica Our Lady of Mercy

References

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