colonialmexico

Inside a lofty nave at Zempoala, the dark ribs of the vaults stand out dramatically against a ceiling of celestial blue dotted with cherubs....

We continue with our series of revisiting notable early colonial missions, as described in our classic Mexico's Fortress Monasteries ,...

For our third and final post on colonial Yucatán this month, we turn to one of its formerly ruined but  recently repaired and refurbished  f...

Following our previous post on a "lost mission" of Yucatán, we look now at one of the region's better known colonial survival...

In a recent series of posts we looked at the Lost Missions of Yucatán—ruined and abandoned colonial churches or Indian chapels around the p...

portal of the Archangels (detail) with view of camarín  (image © Carolyn Brown) Previously we looked at the fantastical stucco portal o...