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The church of San A. De Padua is known for its beauty and its achitecture
and is considered one of the most beautiful churches in Buenos Aires.
It was built in 1931and the land and money were donated by
Ernestina Lavallol de Acosta, whose body as well as her husband's rest
now in peace in two marble graves at the end of the aisles and at
both sides of the altar steps.
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The church is surrounded by a high black iron fence and a magnificent
garden in which we can smell the fragance of the flowers giving life
to the place. The wind blowing the leaves of the trees, the
water dancing in the fountain, the laughter of children playing around
and the birds chirping remind you that the most beautiful and simple
things in life are free. You only have to open your heart
and let yourself feel it.
Built in Roman style, the church consists of a nave,
9.50 metres wide and 47.60 meters long, and two aisles which are 4.30 metres
wide. The highest point of the nave, the dome, reaches 15.50 metres and
the aisles are 11 metres high.
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As we opened the wooden gate we were amazed by the beauty of the High
Altar. It is made of exquisite white, red and gray marble with bronze
capitals in the side columns. The lower part of the altar-piece shelters
St. Francisco Solano, St. Roque, St. Lucia and St. Isabel of Hungary, and
at the top, our patron saint: St. Antonio de Padua with the Holy Spirit
dove above and two white marble angels adoring him on his sides.
To the right of the High Altar we can see a pulpit of carved oak and to
the left the Crucifix of Christ, whose figure is mounted on a wooden cross.
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The smell of lit candles lighting our souls brings us memories of our
First Comunion and as we see the oak carved confessioners we remember when
we kneeled there for the first time to tell our innocent sins to the priest,
who, in the name of God, gave us the mercy to be better day after day.
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Princes look like a rainbow against the immaculate white walls. |
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We are now going up the 102 steps of the tower and we can hear the old
clock striking the hour in a place that doesn't know about time as
it lives in an eternal silence and peace, a life which is very different
from the civilization that is worried about material things, rush hours,
all the people struggling against time, running without
direction.
This is a place full of spirituality, food for your soul. All
that you need to find yourself without masks. We think that, no matter
their beliefs or religions, all people should visit this marvellous church
because it goes beyond religion and it is a real jewel, humble in its own
greatness. We are really proud of it.
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Natalia Vaccaro, Veronica Lamas, Carolina Lamas, Erica Pauletto,
Leonardo Nunez.
6th. Adolescents
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