Our Lady of Mercy Church (Buenos Aires)

The church was originally designed by Italian architects Giovanni Andrea Bianchi [es; arz; it; lmo; uk] and Giovanni Battista Primoli [es; arz; pt; uk], who started the construction works around 1721.^[3] The current façade is the work of the architect Mario Buschiazzo, who completed the remodeling in 1900.^[4]

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.^[5] 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.^[6]

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  Original façade of the Church of Our Lady of Mercy of Buenos Aires (Casa Witcomb 1877).
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  Panoramic view of the church
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  Our Lady of Mercy Basilica
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  Altar of the Basilica Our Lady of Mercy

34°36′19.2″S 58°22′19.4″W / 34.605333°S 58.372056°W / -34.605333; -58.372056

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