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While the great priory of San Pedro & San Pablo was at the center of both the religious and political life of colonial Teposcolula, ...

We continue our current series on Oaxacan churches by looking at another little known gem of early colonial architecture, the church of...

As at Yautepec restoration efforts at Soyaltepec unearthed forgotten colonial documents among the cofradia archives. Page from the Gradu...

 San Bartolo Soyaltepec, the nave Several gilded altarpieces line the nave on either side, the majority unrestored.  Most date from th...

Turning our attention again to Oaxacan churches of historical and artistic interest, we visit the Dominican church of San Bartolo Soyaltepec...

For our second post on Zacapu we turn to the former hospital chapel, now dedicated to Guadalupe, and its gem like colonial altarpiece. ...

This is the first of two posts on the colonial churches of Zacapu in central Michoacán. In ancient times Zacapú was the site of a major s...