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A wooden roof mounted on shaped corbels covers the roomy interior, which was rebuilt and furnished following a disastrous fire in 1700. The ...

In an earlier post we looked at the magnificent atrium cross at Ucareo. In this and a subsequent post we describe first the church exterior...

 As an addendum to our previous post, we showcase more interior pictures of the nave, designed by Joaquín Orta. the nave facing east The nav...

In an earlier post we mentioned the architect Joaquín Orta who redesigned the nave of the parish church in Tlalpujahua , Mich. Here we look...

Guadalupe Acozac, the late baroque main altarpiece Today, on the feast day of the Virgin of Guadalupe, we bring you this portrait, the cente...

We are saddened to report the untimely death of Rosa Blum Perez, a long time dealer /collector of regional folk art in Oaxaca.  We remember ...

The parish church of the apostles Peter and Paul, also known as El Carmen, towers dramatically above this mining town in eastern Michoacán,...