The massive crenelated church walls are shaped into a series of deep arched niches along the nave interior.
text © 2020 Richard D, Perry
images by the author and from online sources
Friday, February 28, 2020
Yucatán. San Bartolomá Suma
Continuing our posts on the rural churches of Yucatán, we go to the village of Suma, “deep water,” situated a few miles east of Motul in northern Yucatán.
Dedicated to St Bartholomew (San Bartolomé) this substantial colonial church is set within a raised atrium of ancient Maya origin and presents a plain but imposing front in familiar Yucatecan style, capped by soaring twin belfries.
A dated inscription above the choir window (1787) probably marks the addition of the upper gable and belfries to the steeply pitched 17th century front (still visible: in outline)
The massive crenelated church walls are shaped into a series of deep arched niches along the nave interior.
Few colonial furnishings however remain, notably a small side altar to Franciscan favorite St Anthony of Padua and a stone baptismal font.
The massive crenelated church walls are shaped into a series of deep arched niches along the nave interior.
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