View of the Buenos Aires Design, Recoleta, Buenos Aires
Recoleta is a neighbourhood (barrio) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This typical "French architecture-style" district is known for its squares, parks, cafés, galleries and the La Recoleta Cemetery Cementerio de la Recoleta, one of Argentina's most important cemeteries. The neighborhood was named after the Convento de los Recoletos Descalzos (The Monastery of Barefoot Franciscan Recoleto Monks). Recoleta is part of the area known as Barrio Norte, together with the neighbouring barrios of Retiro, Palermo and the northern part of Balvanera. Like its neighbours, Recoleta is an affluent residential district, initially populated by citizens escaping the 1871 yellow fever epidemic. Recoleta is one of the most expensive neighbourhoods to reside in Buenos Aires, both in terms of real estate and of the cost of living. Even dying here is costly, as a mausoleum in the Recoleta cemetery is of great expense. Recoleta centers on a square in front of the Cemetery and the neighbouring Basilica Nuestra Señora Del Pilar church. This was a relatively high point on the banks of the river and served as a hiding place for bandits in the 17th century. In the early 18th century, French Franciscans known as the Padres Recoletos built a chapel and convent in the area. The Jesuits also arrived and built the Basilica, completed in 1732. This colonial-style church is fitted with a magnificent Baroque altar, brought from Peru, decorated with Jujuy silver and pre-Hispanic ornamentation.
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Location: Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Photo credit: © Jonathan Gordon / Alamy / Afripics
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