Parish Nuestra Señora de Balvanera


Parish Nuestra Señora de Balvanera is a catholic temple located in the district of Balvanera, autonomous city of Buenos Aires.

History

The parish of Balvanera was established in 1833 during the government of Juan Manuel de Rosas. His first priest was Mariano Medrano Cabrera, and performed the first baptism Pedro José Crespo, on May 16, 1833. The first registered marriage was on July 2 of that same year, between Justo Avalos, born in San Nicolás de los Arroyos, and Feliciana Leyva, from the town of San Isidro. Attending as witnesses Antonino Canaveri and Lucrecia Calderón.
Towards 1839 Rosas entrusted the architect José Santos Sartorio, the construction of a new temple, which was completed in 1842. Antonio Picarel was in charge of increasing the height of the dome of the parish.
The current facade of the Parroquia Nuestra Señora de Balvanera was completed in 1930.

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