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 In an earlier post we looked at the extraordinary ornate facade of this baroque church. In this new post, as part of our ongoing series on...

We are always surprised at the elaborate and costly altarpieces still found in the churches of this marginal colonial province.    In our co...

Relatively few civic buildings survive from the early colonial period in Mexico.  One of the few is the spectacular Government Building ( Pa...

For the last in our current series on the Morelos conventos, we take a look at San Andrés Jumiltepec. San Andres Jumiltepec, west front Foun...

In the second of our posts on the Rosary Chapel at Zacualpan we feature the finely wrought pulpit. Probably contemporary with and in similar...

We are very sad to report that a fire destroyed the church of Santiago Nurio on Sunday March 7, 2021 .   Reports indicate that all the inter...

In previous visits here we have looked at the murals and carved baptismal font in the church and convento of Zacualpan de Amilpas. Here we...