Stop in the city of Azul, Buenos Aires to see sculpture in front of the cemetery.

After our stop to see the Laguna de San Miguel del Monte (which by the way WE COULD NOT SEE), we continued our way to the south of Buenos Aires. We were calm, we had no planned itinerary, other than not arriving at night in Sierra de la Ventana, our main destination. That is why my cousin, the driver, was in charge of making us go through small tourist sites so that we could get to know our province a little more. At one of these stops, we visited the cemetery of the city of Azul and its imposing sculpture .

I think my aunt who was also traveling with us almost had a seizure when we told her that we were making all that trip to get to the cemetery. She didn't understand why, since my cousin hadn't said what exactly she wanted to see. I didn't know about this place either: about the city of Azul if I had heard, but I didn't know where it was either .

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It was a long stretch from the lagoon to Azul: more than two hours of travel. I was in the passenger seat, so I couldn't take any naps like the ones in the back did. So getting there was a huge relief for me because I admit I was falling asleep a bit, plus I was already excruciatingly hungry .

I remember that literally my expression was this ----> when I saw the large statue in front of the cemetery. I wasn't expecting something like this at all, it was a total surprise.

This great work was built by the Italian architect and engineer Salamone in 1938. It represents the archangel Gabriel and on his back are the letters RIP. Everything is built in cement and is a great symbol of the city of Azul.

What was funny to me was that the letter part reminded me of that Minecraft game. Maybe because of the slightly square structure? I don't know, but I couldn't help but marvel at such a construction.

The statue of the archangel was also wonderful. I think that after all these years the cement was ruined a bit, but this effect of humidity made the whole work look a little more gloomy. I don't want to go there at night !

Although my aunt had a little over the fear of being at the cemetery gate, she did not want to know anything about us entering. Well, visiting the inside of the cemetery didn't seem like a great plan either, so I didn't put up much opposition to this request .

After this stop, we ran to find a place to eat. It was already after 2 PM, our stomachs were roaring . While we were in the car, my cousin revealed his true plan with this trip: to visit the works of the Engineer and Architect Salamone, author of this work. Turns out there were several on our route, and this was the first. This was immediately interesting to me: if this one was that good, the others would be too! I will share them with you soon

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