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For the last in our current series of posts on Oaxaca, we look at a close neighbor of Ixtlan, the mountain church of San Mateo Capulalpan.  ...

In our second post on Santo Tomás Ixtlan we take a  closer  look at the remarkable variety of gilded baroque altarpieces lining the nave o...

We continue our focus on colonial Oaxaca with posts on two extraordinary churches in the Sierra de Juárez. view from the Sierra de Juár...

In the summer of 1215, Francis of Assisi was in Rome with a small group of friars seeking approval for his Rule from the Pope . One night ...

Santo Domingo, the cloister A prime destination for visitors to Oaxaca is the opulent city church of Santo Domingo and its adjacent fo...

Oaxaca city center The early years in Oaxaca were difficult ones for the Dominican Order.  A handful of friars arrived here in 1529...