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Huaniqueo Located south of Lake Patzcuaro, the  16th century  church and adjacent hospital of Santa Marta were f ounded by Vasco de Quiro...

Villa Morelos (Huango) Located west of Huandacareo, the Augustinian mission of San Nicolás de Tolentino was founded in 1550 by Fray Juan...

From Capacho we move west along the north shore of Lake Cuitzeo to Huandacareo. Huandacareo The imposing neo baroque temple of El Seño...

Capacho church front  (image © Niccolo Brooker) Capacho Girded by a large walled atrium, the sober 17th century church of El Señor de ...

In an earlier series we looked at a variety of carved stone crosses in churchyards across Mexico ( search under Mexican Crosses .)    Toda...

So called because it provided a place of worship for the native population apart from the more exclusive main church, t he  adjacent Capilla...