{"id":5416,"date":"2019-04-08T12:19:01","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T15:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recoletacemetery.com\/?p=5416"},"modified":"2021-08-13T14:07:56","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T12:07:56","slug":"543-diego-de-alvear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/?p=5416","title":{"rendered":"543. diego de alvear"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/images\/201212F20.JPG\" alt=\"Buenos Aires, Recoleta Cemetery, Diego de Alvear\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As a rule, important families placed their mausoleums along the wider walkways of Recoleta Cemetery for maximum impact&#8230; but of course exceptions exist to every rule. Perhaps no other space was available at the time of construction, but that didn&#8217;t mean this branch of the Alvear family couldn&#8217;t build on a grand scale. Just not as many people discover it today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/images\/201212F21.JPG\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Diego Estanislao de Alvear<\/strong> came from a long line of Argentina&#8217;s founding fathers. The family hailed from Andaluc\u00eda where his great-great-grandfather founded the famous Alvear winery in Montilla (near C\u00f3rdoba, photos below). Diego&#8217;s grandfather held a high position in the Viceroyalty of the R\u00edo de la Plata &amp; defended Spain against the forces of Napoleon in C\u00e1diz, after losing most family &amp; possessions when the frigate <em>Mercedes<\/em> was sunk by British naval forces. Diego&#8217;s father, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.recoletacemetery.com\/?p=199\">Carlos Mar\u00eda de Alvear<\/a><\/strong>, was not on board the <em>Mercedes<\/em> &amp; went on to help Argentina proclaim independence from Spain. He&#8217;s buried at the entrance of the cemetery for all to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/images\/alvear02.jpg\" alt=\"Espa\u00f1a, Andaluc\u00eda, Montilla, Bodegas Alvear\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/images\/alvear01.jpg\" alt=\"Espa\u00f1a, Andaluc\u00eda, Montilla, Bodegas Alvear\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/images\/alvear03.jpg\" alt=\"Espa\u00f1a, Andaluc\u00eda, Montilla, Bodegas Alvear\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Diego de Alvear passed away in 1887 after marrying into an even richer family, founding the Club del Progreso &amp; serving in the Senate. The family hired French architect <strong>Albert Ballu<\/strong> to design their grand mausoleum in 1889, who would also be responsible for the Argentina pavilion at the World Expo in Paris that same year. So grand &amp; inspiring, the pavilion was deconstructed, shipped to Argentina &amp; rebuilt on Plaza San Mart\u00edn to become a new home to the Museo de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires. The family certainly knew how to pick the most popular architect for the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/images\/PabellonArg1889.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Even more surprising is the interior sculpture, difficult to appreciate due to the mausoleum&#8217;s doors. But take a peek inside. Signed by Jules Roulleau in 1889, four figures of women in mourning surround a bust of Diego de Alvear. Some sources claim them to be sisters, but since he only had three they are likely allegorical representations of sorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/images\/200711H26.JPG\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>How to find this hidden masterpiece? Look for the dome&#8230; while on the main walkway between the central Christ statue &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.recoletacemetery.com\/?p=14\">Rufina Cambac\u00e9r\u00e8s<\/a> (also on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.recoletacemetery.com\/?p=1311\">the way to Eva Per\u00f3n<\/a>), look up &amp; left to find a large dome &amp; you&#8217;re almost there:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/images\/200711L64.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>More photos of this fantastic &amp; forgotten mausoleum on Alejandro Machado&#8217;s blog dedicated to <a href=\"http:\/\/arquitectos-franceses-argentina.blogspot.com\/2013\/07\/arquitecto-albert-ballu-caba-junin-1760.html\">French architects in Argentina<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a rule, important families placed their mausoleums along the wider walkways of Recoleta Cemetery for maximum impact&#8230; but of course exceptions exist to every&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/?p=5416\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">543. diego de alvear<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-architecture","category-politicians","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5416"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6409,"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5416\/revisions\/6409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}