The tomb of Liliana Crociati de Szaszak is a tomb in
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, includi ...
,
Buenos Aires
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,
Argentina
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, known for its unusual design.
26-year-old Liliana Crociati de Szaszak (1944–1970) was in
Innsbruck
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Austria
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on 26 February 1970, when her hotel was struck by an
avalanche
An avalanche is a rapid flow of snow down a slope, such as a hill or mountain.
Avalanches can be set off spontaneously, by such factors as increased precipitation or snowpack weakening, or by external means such as humans, animals, and earth ...
, killing her.
Her tomb was designed by her mother in the
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 ...
style, in sharp contrast to the other tombs in the cemetery. Adjacent to the tomb stands a
dais
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in the Random House Dictionary< ...
adorned with a plaque containing an Italian-language poem by her father, and topped by a life-size green bronze statue of Crociati de Szaszak in her
wedding dress
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, by sculptor Wíeredovol Viladrich.
Following the death of Crociati's dog Sabú, a bronze statue of the dog, also by Viladrich,
was added, with Crociati's hand resting on the dog's head.
"A Mia Figlia", poem on the dais adjacent to the tomb
References
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Buildings and structures in Buenos Aires
Mausoleums in Argentina
Burials at La Recoleta Cemetery