Catedral Metropolitana de Nuestra Senora de Monterrey
An impressive, towering cathedral, begun in 1573 and finished in 1788, it blends baroque, neoclassic, and Mexican churrigueresque architecture. As you look around the cathedral and the Sagrario next to it, note how the building has sunk into the soft lake bottom beneath. The base of the facade is far from level and straight, and when one considers the weight of the immense towers, it’s no surprise. Permanent scaffolding is in place to stabilize the building. In Mexico, the sacred ground of one religion often becomes the sacred ground of its successor. Cortés and his Spanish missionaries converted the Aztecs, tore down their temples, and used much of the stone to construct a church on this spot. The church they built was pulled down in 1628 while the present Metropolitan Cathedral was under construction.
The building today has 5 naves and 14 chapels. As you wander past the small chapels, you may hear guides describing some of the cathedral’s outstanding features: the tomb of AgustÃn Iturbide, placed here in 1838; a painting attributed to the Spanish artist Bartolomé Esteban Murillo; and the fact that the stone holy-water fonts ring like metal when tapped with a coin. Like many huge churches, it has catacombs underneath. The much older-looking church next to the cathedral is the chapel known as the Sagrario, another tour de force of Mexican baroque architecture built in the mid-1700s. As you walk around the outside of the cathedral, you will notice a reminder of medieval trade life. The west side is the gathering place of carpenters, plasterers, plumbers, painters, and electricians who have no shops. Craftspeople display the tools of their trades, sometimes along with pictures of their work.
Nuestra Senora de Aranzazu : Guadalajara
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Metropolitan Cathedral (Catedral Metropolitana): Guadalajara
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Temple of Nuestra Señora del Patrociniio: Oaxaca City
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Catedral Metropolitana (The Metropolitan Cathedral)
The cathedral metropolitan it is one of more important historical constructions in Mexico City. Construction was started with starts eighteenth century and was to continue during the 300 following years; here are because the different influences can be noticed in the architectural style, dominated of the Spanish rebirth and the French néo-Classicism, with baroque they touch with the roof of pink dell' arenaria. The Cathedrals five aisles are adorned with ostentatious-looking altars and elaborate engravings, and its floors are covered in marble. A transcendental symbol of the Mexican peoples faith and devotion.
When you walk around the
Catedral: Guadalajara
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Basilica of nuestro senora de la Soledad: Oaxaca City
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BasÃlica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe
The origin of its cult goes back to the year of 1531. The 9 of December of that year, in the hill of the Tepeyac --near the rising City of Mexico, old Aztec capital, the Virgin Maria appeared to the Indian Juan Diego, does canonized by the Pope very little Juan Pablo II. It spoke to him in Nahuatl, communicating his desire to him of which in that place a temple was built where cult could be given him.
Thus Juan pronounced itself to it Diego to Fray bishop Juan de Zumárraga OFM. Doubting his
La Catedral: Acapulco
Museo de Monterrey: Monterrey
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Museo Metropolitano de la Ciudad de Monterrey: Monterrey
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