Friday, February 28, 2020

Yucatán. San Bartolomá Suma

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Continuing our posts on the rural churches of Yucatán, we go to  the village of Suma, “deep water,” s ituated a few miles east of Motul in n...
Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Yucatán: Santiago Halachó

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Continuing our posts on the rural churches of Yucatán, we visit the pilgrimage church of Halachó located on the old camino real between Mé...
Friday, February 21, 2020

Yucatán. Mérida: La Candelaria: Surviving the Revolution

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Surviving the Revolution:  Restoring La Candelaria *   (Calle. 67 & Calle. 64) Founded as an ermita or barrio chapel of Mérida ...
Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Zacatecas. The Pinos altarpieces 2.

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Followers of our blog will know of our interest in the Ureña family of 18th century Mexican architects and retablo designers and their ...
Friday, February 14, 2020

Zacatecas: The Pinos altarpieces 1

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Followers of our blog will know of our interest in the Ureña family *  of 18th century Mexican architects and retablo designers and the...
Monday, February 10, 2020

Zacatecas. The Santo Domingo altarpieces part 2

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As we noted in our previous post, the Santo Domingo retablos  together  constitute the largest and finest collection of Ureña altarpieces  *...
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Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Zacatecas. The Santo Domingo altarpieces part 1,

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Following their arrival in Zacatecas in 1574, the Jesuits founded a temple and school there under the patronage of a Spanish official, El Ma...