Our Lady of Mercy Church (Buenos Aires)


Our Lady of Mercy Church of Buenos Aires is an Argentine Catholic temple. It is located on Calle Reconquista corner of Tte. Gen. Juan Domingo Perón Street, neighborhood of San Nicolas in Buenos Aires.

History

The Iglesia de la Merced was originally designed by Italian architects Giovanni Andrea Bianchi and Giovanni Battista Primoli, who started the construction works around 1721. The current facade is the work of the architect Mario Buschiazzo, who completed the remodeling in 1900.
Like other religious temples of the time, the Church of La Merced 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.

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