colonialmexico

The focus in our second post on Chiapas is on two related equestrian statues of colonial origin in the city of San Cristóbal. The first is a...

We have not posted frequently on Chiapas on this blog. But we have two new posts on this remote southern state. The first looks at the churc...

 In this blog we have featured several colonial buildings/art works in the city of Aguascalientes, with connections to the Ureña family of a...

LA HACIENDA DE BURRAS:  a fragment of Mexican history   Mexico abounds with significant historic sites - some celebrated and elaborately pre...

We have dedicated several pages on this blog to el barroco poblano , the distinctive, colorful, and arguably most influential regional expre...

This 17th century chapel in the unprepossessing Mexico City neighborhood of Naucalpan, is chiefly notable for its surviving carved stone atr...

The Temple of Nuestra Señora del Rosario , also known as the Temple of Mercy, is a church located in the historic center of the City of Agua...