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Santa Maria Magdalena de Las Salinas Magdalena de Las Salinas, church front A unique atrium cross, incorporating Aztec relics, stands precar...

In this post we highlight the 17th century church and convento of San Francisco Comonfort. The complex dates from the early 1600s. The tower...

In our ongoing series on the art works at the great Dominican Priory of Yanhuitlan, here we focus on the theme of the Deposition or Descent...

In an earlier series of posts we described the early Dominican priory of Santo Domingo and various constituents. In this post we look at i...

February 2 is the feast of La Candelaria—Candlemass— celebrated across Mexico as marking the end of the Christmas season. We mark this day w...

Like the barrio of Marquesado, this attractive outlying artisans’ quarter of Oaxaca City was originally settled by Tlaxcalan troops who a...

Nduayaco Place of the Burned Palm Located on an unpaved road off Rte 125 south of  Teposcolula , the rural church of Santa Maria Nduayaco ...