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AMACUECA Retablo of El Dulce Nombre de Jesus Another Jalisco gilded altarpiece in the 18th century style of those at El Cabezón...

The Aranzazú Chapel The Retablo of San José In our second post on the Aranzazú chapel altarpieces we look at the side retablo o...

In this series we look at several magnificent Jaliscan altarpieces, related not only by their distinctive late baroque style but also by t...

We conclude our posts on "drowned" churches of Mexico with a visit to La Presa Taxhimay, a shallow, artificial lake in northern...

JAWS ??? No, this is not a scene from a horror movie. But a watery disaster nevertheless. In the 1960s, the Rio Tequisistlan w...

In the colonial era, water management was designed to sustain and enhance life in the local mission and the community. However, modern, l...

In an earlier post, we described the aqueduct and fountains of the city of Oaxaca . As a follow up we look at the less complex but earli...