{"id":191,"date":"2008-04-21T17:01:13","date_gmt":"2008-04-21T20:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recoletacemetery.com\/?p=191"},"modified":"2021-08-20T09:36:54","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T07:36:54","slug":"la-nacion-11-mar-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/?p=191","title":{"rendered":"181. la naci\u00f3n, 11 mar 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

Receiving 2,000 visitors each day, Recoleta Cemetery renews its historical brilliance; more than 100 monuments have already been restored & works continue this year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Byline: Susana Reinoso<\/p>\n

Mar\u00eda Rosa Lojo writes about Recoleta Cemetery: “In this museum of mortals, the personal ramblings of its inhabitants —famous or obscure— blend inextricably with Argentine history.” In her work Hidden Stories of Recoleta<\/em> which was just republished by Alfaguara, the novelist exquisitely states that whoever walks with their ears alert can hear in the cemetery, one of the most popular places in Buenos Aires for tourists, “the murmor of remarkable lives against the immense chorus of collective memory.”<\/p>\n

Precisely because this mortuary museum brings together much of the best funerary architecture & statuary in Buenos Aires, the city government will continue the Recoleta Cemetery Revaluation Program, which aims to conserve & restore the sculptures, vaults, sepulcres & tombs. Approval [for continued funding] came at the end of 2007.<\/p>\n

With the intervention of the Subsecretary of City Heritage, the Friends’ Association of Recoleta Cemetery —headed by Marta Salas— and the General Administration of Cemeteries —whose director is N\u00e9stor Pan— they have completed since 2002 a remarkable plan of recovering that architecture.<\/p>\n

Art & Remembrance<\/strong><\/p>\n

Each day the cemetery receives an average of 2,000 visitors. That equates to more than 700,000 people per year since the cemetery is open Monday through Sunday.<\/p>\n

“Over 100 monuments have already been recovered, & we rely on group of highly qualified restorers who work with love & a sense of patriotism,” says Marta Salas to La Naci\u00f3n<\/em> newspaper.<\/p>\n

The President of the Friends’ Association points out: “This effort comes from the fact that we consider Recoleta Cemetery to be the most relevant historical\/artistic space in our country, & we are proud to show it to the thousands of tourists who visit it.” The organization, which sells detailed maps of the cemetery to tourists, uses part of the proceeds for restoration of historical monuments.<\/p>\n

A brief walk through, like the one taken by La Naci\u00f3n reporters, confirms this. The crowds never stop coming, & there are not enough guides to answer every question. Visitors always make a pilgrimage to the sepulcre of Eva Duarte de Per\u00f3n.<\/p>\n

The director of the cemetery, Carlos Francavilla, states that the revaluation of the cemetery is not [immediately] visible to most people. However the scaffolding & work materials around certain monuments make people realize that restoration is in progress.<\/p>\n

This year the program has planned to restore the sculptures & vaults of Adolfo Alsina<\/a>, Nicol\u00e1s Rodr\u00edguez Pe\u00f1a<\/a>, Juan Jos\u00e9 Viamonte, Rufina Cambaceres<\/a> & Pedro J. D\u00edaz<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In each instance, the work of restoration & maintenance carries out the elimination of invasive vegetation, replacement of missing material, elimination of the deteriorated outer layer, chemical cleaning & an anti-corrosive treatment.<\/p>\n

In 2006, restoration was performed on the sepulcres & mausoleums of Bartolom\u00e9 Mitre<\/a>, Domingo Fidel Sarmiento<\/a>, Carlos Pellegrini<\/a> & Juan Mart\u00edn de Pueyrred\u00f3n<\/a>. Last year, works focused on the mausoleums of Luis Mar\u00eda Campos<\/a> & Nicol\u00e1s Avellaneda<\/a>, the vault of the Jos\u00e9 C. Paz<\/a> family, the Pantheon for Meritorious Citizens & the sculpture of Christ in the cemetery chapel.<\/p>\n

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Original article in Spanish located here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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