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Teacher's Tribute Door – City of Buenos Aires

Detailed view of the doors.

The Teacher’s Library is located in 1349 Entre Rios Avenue. It’s entrance is no less than a “Teacher’s Tribute Door” inaugurated in 1934 during the celebration of the Common Education Law Nº 1420, basic stone of the Argentine Education System approved on July 8, 1884.

The “Teacher’s Tribute Door” consists of two bronze doors representing the places where the Argentines have received their primary education since the beginning of the National Organization Process.

Detailed view of one of the sculptures.

Each of its panels reflects different aspects of education in a school, in the countryside, during the military service, or at work. There are eight sculptures carved on the door.

The carvings on the doors are complemented with the figures, simulating standing statues, of Mariano Moreno, Bernardino Rivadavia, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento y Manuel Belgrano.

Each of these four figures presents detailed profiles, features and gestures that allow the recognition of each of the above mentioned characters.

The Teacher’s Tribute Doors were created by ARTURO DRESCO, a pupil of Passaglia, following the stylistic model of Antonio Ghiberti’s Paradise Doors.

 

Information gathered by Ivan Grondona for the program "El Pais que no Miramos"

("The Country we have not Seen").

Photos: Ivan Grondona.

 

Translation to English by: Veronica Grondona

Location

 

1349 Entre Rios Avenue

City of Buenos Aires

 

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Glossary

 

National Organization Process:

name given to the period after the fall of Rosas (1852).

 

Juan Manuel de Rosas:

Governor of Buenos Aires between 1829-1832 and 1835-1852.

 

Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (1811-1888):

among others, teacher, writer, journalist and president of Argentina. He performed an important educational labour.

 

Mariano Moreno:

among others, Secretary of War and Government of the First Government of 1810. He created the first public library.

 

Bernardino Rivadavia:

President of Argentina between 1826 and 1827.

 

Manuel Belgrano:

among others, when he was 23 years old he is designated the first Secretary of the Consulate. From there he decides to stimulate education.

 

Arturo Dresco (1875 – 1961):

Important Argentine sculptor.

 

Augusto Passaglia:

Author of 2 of the 3 modern (1887) doors of Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral in Florence, Italy.

 

Antonio Ghiberti:

Florentine sculptor and architect (1378-1455). Author of the bronze doors of the Baptistery of Florence’s cathedral, referred to as the “Doors of Paradise” by Michelangelo Buonarroti. One of the doors was created between 1403 and 1424 and the other one between 1425 and 1452.