Isabel La Católica 520, Barracas Buenos Aires DF Argentina
Status:
built
Construction Dates
Finished
1876
Floor Count
1
Building Uses
- religious
Structural Types
- church
- clock
Heights
Value
Source / Comments
Spire
131 ft
Unconfirmed
Crosses
Roof
118 ft
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Description • Architect: Ernesto Bunge
• Owner: Buenos Aires City Government
• Facts and description:
- The church was built in honor of Felicitas Guerrero by her parents. She was a wealthy widow, who was murdered at age 25 by a suitor.
- The temple was designed in an eclectic German style and combines classical, neo-Gothic and neo-Romanesque elements.
- It has an English “John Moore and Sons” clock from 1873 and a German "Walcker" pipe organ, also from 1873.
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