colonialmexico

The Master of Mani Aside from the retablo mayor and the apsidal mural, the other principal art treasure at Mani is an exceptional pai...

Feliz Dia de Los Reyes We follow up our inaugural post on the altarpieces of San Bernardino de Sisal with three posts detailing the cel...

In December 2012 we described a number of early "lost " missions in Yucatán.  This year we turn to a group of later colonial mon...

As a seasonal offering, and as a preview of our forthcoming series on the colonial altarpieces of Yucatán, we update our page on two delight...

San Pedro Martir For the last of our present series on the crosses of Mexico City, we look at the church of San Pedro de Verona, locate...

Santo Tomás Ajusco Gushing Water Recessed behind its large, walled atrium set beside winding Calle Matamoros on the chilly heigh...

©planetatlalpan San Lorenzo Huipulco Place of the Sacrificial Spines Located where Coyoacán meets Tlalpan in the southern part of M...