The Magic of the Cities.

Zen promotes the rediscovery of the obvious, which is so often lost in its familiarity and simplicity. It sees the miraculous in the common and magic in our everyday surroundings. When we are not rushed, and our minds are unclouded by conceptualizations, a veil will sometimes drop, introducing the viewer to a world unseen since childhood. ~ John Greer

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Monastery



Franciscan convent and Cathedral of Cuernavaca.
Cuernavaca is the capital of the state of Morelos. The construction on its cathedral began in 1533 to serve as a shrine to the adjacent Franciscan convent. There is an open chapel with vaults with gothic ribs built between 1536 and 1538 next to the cathedral. It is still possible to see pieces of mural paintings from the sixteenth century in the cloister of the convent. The chapel of the Third Order whose facade was built in baroque style and which has a beautiful altarpiece made of carved wood is located in the atrium.

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New York City and Washington series continue in Sketches of Cities.

Gracias por su visita. / Thanks for visiting, please be sure that I read each and every one of your kind comments and I appreciate them all. Stay tune.

6 comments:

siva // ശിവ said...

It is superb!

joo said...

The first one is just magical!

brattcat said...

You have captured a holy light there. Simply miraculous.

Kate said...

Hello! I'm stopping by for a little while today but still on sabbatical.

Holy light is an apt description!

Anonymous said...

es que a mi todo este tipo de imagenes ecleiasticas me dejan encandilada!

son hermosas, la luzen cada una es bastante especial y adecuada para ellas.


un saludo

GreensboroDailyPhoto said...

How did you get so much color in that first monastery photo? Simply stunning!