Burial Slab
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This engraved slab in St. Louis Cathedral marks the burial site of Don Andres Almonester y Roxas, the father of the Baroness de Pontalba, who died in April 1798. After a fire destroyed the original church in 1788, Don Andres Almonester donated $50,000 of his own fortune to build the second St. Louis Cathedral, which was completed in 1794.
State Library of Louisiana.
This file appears in: Battle of New Orleans: St. Louis Cathedral
Battle of New Orleans: St. Louis Cathedral
Facing Jackson Square and the Mississippi River, the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Louis, King of France, is the oldest Catholic cathedral in continual use in the United States. With its three steeples,…