{"id":95,"date":"2008-01-08T16:04:23","date_gmt":"2008-01-08T19:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recoletacemetery.com\/?p=95"},"modified":"2008-01-08T16:04:23","modified_gmt":"2008-01-08T19:04:23","slug":"mendes-goncalvesvarela-martonell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/?p=95","title":{"rendered":"086. mendes gon\u00e7alves-varela martonell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Mendes Gon\u00e7alves, Recoleta Cemetery\" src=\"http:\/\/www.recoletacemetery.com\/images\/200801A46.jpg\" alt=\"Mendes Gon\u00e7alves, Recoleta Cemetery\" width=\"338\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With most of the production of <em>yerba mate<\/em>&#8212;a traditional, South American bitter tea&#8212;originating in Paraguay &amp; Brazil, several foreign companies supplied Argentina&#8217;s demand throughout the 20th century. Plaques on the mausoleum are dedicated to the most influential president of the Empresa Mate Laranjeira, native Brazilian Ricardo Mendes Gon\u00e7alves:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Mendes Gon\u00e7alves, Recoleta Cemetery\" src=\"http:\/\/www.recoletacemetery.com\/images\/200801A49.jpg\" alt=\"Mendes Gon\u00e7alves, Recoleta Cemetery\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Mendes Gon\u00e7alves, Recoleta Cemetery\" src=\"http:\/\/www.recoletacemetery.com\/images\/200801A50.jpg\" alt=\"Mendes Gon\u00e7alves, Recoleta Cemetery\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Responsible for the distribution of the Cruz de Malta brand, the main warehouse was located in the neighborhood of Barracas on the edge of San Telmo &amp; La Boca. Although warehouse facilities were later moved outside the city limits, the building still remains &amp; occupies its own city block. It appears to have been purchased &amp; interior renovation is currently underway&#8230; lofts or a hotel may be coming soon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Cruz de Malta, Barracas\" src=\"http:\/\/www.recoletacemetery.com\/images\/200712D43.jpg\" alt=\"Cruz de Malta, Barracas\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Cruz de Malta, Barracas\" src=\"http:\/\/www.recoletacemetery.com\/images\/200712D46.jpg\" alt=\"Cruz de Malta, Barracas\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Cruz de Malta, Barracas\" src=\"http:\/\/www.recoletacemetery.com\/images\/200712D40.jpg\" alt=\"Cruz de Malta, Barracas\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Update (Oct 2009):<\/strong> All the fine iron work has been removed &amp; the restoration project completed. Nothing as fancy as a hotel, the building is now used as office space for HSBC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With most of the production of yerba mate&#8212;a traditional, South American bitter tea&#8212;originating in Paraguay &amp; Brazil, several foreign companies supplied Argentina&#8217;s demand throughout the&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/?p=95\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">086. mendes gon\u00e7alves-varela martonell<\/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":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95","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=95"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}