{"id":6968,"date":"2022-12-07T10:14:02","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T09:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/?p=6968"},"modified":"2022-12-07T10:16:59","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T09:16:59","slug":"594-birthday-bash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/?p=6968","title":{"rendered":"594. birthday bash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/images\/200411G15.jpg\" alt=\"Buenos Aires, Argentina, Recoleta Cemetery\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>Happy 200<sup>th<\/sup> birthday!<\/em> Marcelo was unable to attend, but a series of activities throughout November commemorated the bicentennial of Recoleta Cemetery. Announced by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buenosaires.gob.ar\/jefaturadegabinete\/atencion-ciudadana-y-gestion-comunal\/noticias\/la-ciudad-conmemora-el-bicentenario\">official website<\/a> of the Buenos Aires city government, here&#8217;s their schedule of events:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Official commemorative act<\/strong>, November 17<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dramatization<\/strong>, November 19 at 18:00<br>Directed by Hugo Aquino, the Clepsidra theater group will surprise as usual in its performances at various historical sites. This tour &amp; its actors pull together 200 years of Argentine history from a religious, architectural, political &amp; cultural perspective.<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Symphony orchestra<\/strong>, November 24 at 18:00<br>The Argentine Naval Prefecture symphony orchestra brings together 40 members to perform a repertoire that will include the Argentina national anthem as well as works by Brahms, Strauss &amp; Dvorak.<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Chamber vocal ensemble<\/strong>, November 26 at 18:00<br>Created in 1970, the Chamber Vocal Ensemble &#8212;managed by the Undersecretary of Culture from the Municipality of Quilmes&#8212; is composed of music professionals who join the group through a rigorous competition. The choir is composed of 5 sopranos, 4 altos, 3 tenors &amp; 5 bass singers that achieve a beautiful harmony. They have performed in emblematic places such as the Teatro Colon, the Teatro Cervantes &amp; the Auditorio Belgrano among others.<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Guided visit<\/strong>, November 30 at 21:00<br>Commemorating the bicentennial of the cemetery, Mr. Eduardo Lazzari will accompany us in a nighttime tour without precedent. The route will include places of interest that bring together legends &amp; stories that have been gathered throughout history.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/images\/200912B28.jpg\" alt=\"Buenos Aires, Argentina, Recoleta Cemetery, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In addition, the article lists <strong>ten must-see places<\/strong> to visit inside Recoleta Cemetery. We&#8217;ve written about these specific tombs or general areas, so each link below will take you directly to that post:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/?p=190\">Peristyle &amp; monumental entrance<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pantheon of Meritorious Citizens &#8211; Section once dedicated to Argentina&#8217;s forefathers, but most remains have since been moved to other locations. One later addition was <a href=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/?p=2977\">Dr. Guillermo Rawson<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/?p=763\">Central statue of Christ<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Walkway parallel to Calle Azcu\u00e9naga &#8211; Long path with large mausoleums such as <a href=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/?p=1258\">Adolfo Alsina<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/?p=625\">Toribio de Ayerza<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/?p=111\">Luis \u00c1ngel Firpo<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sculptures parallel to Calle Vicente L\u00f3pez &#8211; Shorter walkway filled with grand statues like on the tombs of <a href=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/?p=120\">Juan Alberto Lartigau<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/?p=80\">Luis Mar\u00eda Campos<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/?p=1311\">Mar\u00eda Eva Duarte de Per\u00f3n mausoleum<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/?p=1724\">Leloir family mausoleum<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/?p=1104\">Domingo Faustino Sarmiento tomb<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Legend of <a href=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/?p=14\">Rufina Cambac\u00e9r\u00e8s<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/?p=5299\">Chapel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/images\/200612E40.jpg\" alt=\"Buenos Aires, Argentina, Recoleta Cemetery\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Other press releases in local newspapers generally copied the official article linked above; however, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.laprensa.com.ar\/522678-Bicentenario-del-Cementerio-de-la-Recoleta.note.aspx\">one editorial piece<\/a> in <em>La Prensa<\/em> caught my attention. Written by <strong>Roberto L. Elissalde<\/strong>, the article mentions some of the impressions that foreign visitors had while visiting Recoleta Cemetery as well as highlights the role of the cemetery&#8217;s first historian, Ricardo de Lafuente Machain. Worth a look if you can read Spanish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>If anyone has photos of the events mentioned above &amp; would like to share, I&#8217;d be happy to post them here&#8230; &amp; of course give proper credit! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy 200th birthday! Marcelo was unable to attend, but a series of activities throughout November commemorated the bicentennial of Recoleta Cemetery. Announced by the official&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/?p=6968\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">594. birthday bash<\/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":[8,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events","category-in-the-press","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6968","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=6968"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7006,"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6968\/revisions\/7006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}