colonialmexico

Some time ago we looked at images of the restored altarpieces at  Yaxcabá .  Recently we reviewed some of our much earlier pictures, taken ...

One of more distinctive colonial churches in Yucatan is the fortress church of Santa Elena Nohcacab,   an  imposing  regional landmark loca...

San Cristóbal de Mérida in 1860 San Cristóbal  Southeast of the zócalo or main plaza in Mérida, opposite its own expansive park, stan...

Now almost a suburb of Mérida, in ancient times Umán was known as Dzibikal, “Painted Building,” an important Maya town and ceremonial cente...

In the last of our current series on Mexican crosses we look at another carved stone cross in nearby Aculco , just across the line from Hi...

All across Mexico there are modest early colonial buildings, whose architecture, arts and artifacts are generally overlooked. Often poorly d...