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Although its formal name is "Temple of the Incarnation of Our Lady" or "Santa María de Gracia", this city church is best...

The chapel of San Agustín Tepetlixpita is one of several isolated open chapels dating from the early years (mid-1500s) of the evangelization...

Following our post on St Jerome, we now visit a church dedicated to the saint. Located near the historic Pueblan town of Atlixco , and best ...

painting: Tecali, Puebla St. Jerome was a much traveled and prolific 4th century writer, polemicist and translator, his most famous wor...

A while back we ran a series of posts on altarpieces in Tlaxcala, as well as a special feature on unique paintings in the celebrated church ...

This the second of two posts on the magnificent cathedral of Zacatecas. Besides the west front, the cathedral possesses two contrasting faca...

In earlier posts we have looked at various colonial treasures in the state and city of Zacatecas * . In this and a subsequent post we tackle...