Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar, Buenos Aires
Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar, Buenos Aires, Minor basilica in Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The Basilica features a single nave with a sail vault, containing baroque altarpieces and intricate side chapels adorned with colonial decorations and sculptures.
Founded in 1732 by the Recollect friars under architect Giovanni Andrea Bianchi, the church received funding from a resident of Zaragoza for its construction.
The main altar displays a combination of Spanish baroque design with Peruvian silver works and Inca ornamental elements, representing colonial artistic influences.
The basilica maintains a museum in its original cloisters, exhibiting religious artworks, manuscripts, and liturgical objects from the colonial period.
The church tower features distinctive tiles from Calais, France, while its location next to Recoleta Cemetery makes it a central point of colonial architecture.
Location: Recoleta, Buenos Aires
Inception: 1732
Architects: Giovanni Andrea Bianchi
GPS coordinates: -34.58680,-58.39200
Latest update: May 10, 2025 23:00
Recoleta Cemetery
170 m
National Museum of Fine Arts
326 m
Plaza Francia
244 m
Recoleta Cultural Center
50 m
Palais de Glace
270 m
Museo Participativo De Ciencias
52 m
Monument to General Carlos M. de Alvear
255 m
Roca Museum - Historical Research Institute
338 m
Torcuato de Alvear
229 m
El hombre parlante
229 m
Mausoleum of the Fallen in the Revolution of 1890
206 m
Monumento Francia a la Argentina
229 m
Atlas of Recoleta
125 m
Héraklès archer
247 m
La mort du dernier centaure by Antoine Bourdelle
292 m
Alla Fonte
279 m
Ramón L. Falcón y Lartigau
131 m
Dr. Alfredo Vítolo
287 m
Homenaje a Marcelo T. de Alvear
229 m
Homenaje a los caídos el 6 de Setiembre
111 m
San Martín de Tours
202 m
Dr. José Figueroa Alcorta
292 m
Homenaje a Emilio Zola
229 m
Las Tarascas
261 m
Rubber Tree of Recoleta
118 m
Edificio de renta, Ciudad de Buenos Aires
270 m
Dr. Luis Braille
320 m
Hacia la Luz
267 mReviews
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