{"id":5445,"date":"2019-06-12T04:20:55","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T07:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recoletacemetery.com\/?p=5445"},"modified":"2019-06-12T04:20:55","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T07:20:55","slug":"545-arbigorria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/?p=5445","title":{"rendered":"545. arrigorria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/images\/201403C06.jpg\" alt=\"Buenos Aires, Recoleta Cemetery, Arbigorria\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our best guess as to the fortune of this family is based on references to <strong>Arturo R. Arrigorria<\/strong> in city government bulletins as well as annals of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.recoletacemetery.com\/?p=2843\">Sociedad Cient\u00edfica Argentina<\/a>: co-founder of the &#8220;La Nacional&#8221; glass factory in 1876 along with an associate with the last name of Pini. A visit by the SCA mentions 40-50 workers at their Buenos Aires plant, using two tons of coal to make 2,000 pounds of glassware <em>daily<\/em>. While they&#8217;ve obviously stopped paying maintenance fees &amp; we&#8217;re not 100% certain of their identity, the vault is too unique not to mention here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This pink-hued masterpiece off the tourist circuit offers one clue: a rare plaque by its architect, <strong>Carlos H. Besana<\/strong>. With a studio on Calle Tucum\u00e1n just off Avenida Callao, Besana inherited a successful construction &amp; architecture firm from his father, Pablo Besana. Pablo began his career in Milan &amp; his native Lake Como, arriving in Buenos Aires in 1878. He collaborated with other major architects in the construction of some of the capital&#8217;s iconic buildings such as the first Facultad de Medicina on Avenida C\u00f3rdoba &amp; the national Congress. Around 1916, the firm acquired the name Besana &amp; son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/images\/201403C05.jpg\" alt=\"Buenos Aires, Recoleta Cemetery, Arbigorria, Carlos H. Besana\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another splash of color decorates a recess in the vault&#8230; a painted Piet\u00e0 image. Such colorful images are rare in Recoleta Cemetery, often only found in stained glass panels:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/images\/201403C03.jpg\" alt=\"Buenos Aires, Recoleta Cemetery, Arbigorria\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Latin script at the base of the Piet\u00e0 is credited to St. Francis de Sales, a bishop from Savoy. <em>Per crucem et derelictionem tuam, libera nos, Jesus<\/em> translates to &#8220;By your cross &amp; passion, deliver us, Jesus&#8221; &amp; is often used in prayers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/images\/200412H35.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If anyone has biographical information on the Arrigorria family, let us know &amp; we will include it here. In the meantime, seek out this bit of color inside the cemetery!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our best guess as to the fortune of this family is based on references to Arturo R. Arrigorria in city government bulletins as well as&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/?p=5445\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">545. arrigorria<\/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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-architecture","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5445","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=5445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5445\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}