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In a previous posts we looked at the famous open chapel of Tlalmanalco and its less well known but also unique baptismal font. In this pos...

Another early carved stone cross in Mexico state has recently come to our attention: Originally founded by the Carmelites in the 16th ce...

We continue our survey of carved stone crosses in the Teotihuacan area with three more examples from local churches: Santa Maria Maquizco...

We begin our new series of posts with a look at colonial artifacts from around Mexico State.    Several carved stone crosses located in the ...

For the last in our present series on Tlaxcala, we look at the hilltop church of San Juan Totolac. San Juan Bautista Totolac Place of t...

The church of Santa Isabel Xiloxoxtla and its sculpted cross * According to one tradition, in 1541 the Virgin of Ocotlan first appeared ...

Although the church interior at Santo Toribio Xicotzinco  suffered a neoclassical makeover in the 19th century, two fine, late baroque altar...