Seven kilometers of from Unquillo in
reserve the Quebrachitos. It built in 1928 They built a house for his daughter
and wife try to resist the disease that possessed.
They do not resist the disease and his wife died
in 1931 and his daughter ten years later in 1941.
After losing his wife and daughter Leonor, Buffo
decides to build a chapel. The chapel it built by Guido Buffo in 1941. It is a
structure made of brick, it has classical forms, the building took a 9 years.
It is a flower shaped chapel with adobe walls and
a paja roof. It has got a cross-shaped structure. It was restored in July in
2015.
The chapel looks like two, naves, since they are,
two arches one smaller than another. It has a sanctuary, an oratory, and an
altar; lighting is obtained by the circular windows.
The oval-shaped chapels have a tower, and it has adobe structure.
At the entrance of chapel has 35 steps.
Inside, the chapel there is a picture about buffo
personality and the family. Also the dome has 34 holes that allow the pass of
the light, and there’s a picture of the solar system. Also it has a good
acoustician, 3 pendulum and enigmatic things like a seismograph and more stuff.
The city hall of Unquillo, restored the chapel
with the architect Javier Correa. Marcela Mammana restored the painting.
Location
By: Agustin Magliola, Gaston Nievas, Martín Cuello
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