Condor Tomb?

In Buenos Aires, it’s a point of pride that Pope Francis hails from here. Today we visited the church where he was once a bishop.

Armed guards stood in the doorway of a large tomb for a famous general. If you look closely, you can see that I’m getting some serious “side eye” from the soldier!

What really caught my attention, however, was a nearby niche for a general named La Heras. To me, it seems that a bronze condor adorns his sarcophagus.

I’ve never seen a condor (or is it a vulture?) in funereal art before. Yet another thing for my research file!Read more