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Showing posts with label Cuernavaca Cathedral. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cuernavaca Cathedral. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Timeless
Friday, December 23, 2011
Christmas Mood in Cuernavaca
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, Everyone! |
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Light and Textures
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| Atrium |
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| Cuernavaca Cathedral (1552) "A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels about what is being photographed in the deepest sense, and is, thereby, a true expression of what one feels about life in its entirety" Ansel Adams |
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Entrance
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011
February 2011 Theme Day: Fountains
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| Fray Bartolome de las Casas St. Cuernavaca |
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| Cuernavaca Cathedral Atrium |
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Third Order
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The cathedral, began life as a Franciscan friary, founded by Hernán Cortés in 1529. Work started on the fortress-like complex in 1533. The side portal of the church has a fine colonial-Plateresque façade with, above the gable, the symbols of a crown, cross, skull and bones framed by an alfiz. During restoration of the cathedral interior in the 1950s, some early murals were uncovered depicting the departure of 24 Mexican Franciscan friars, embarking at the start of their missionary journey to Japan, and their subsequent martyrdom on the cross in 1597. Among them was Mexico's only saint, San Felipe de Jesús. The Chapel of the Third Order, at the rear of the monastery building, has a very typical Mexican Baroque façade, embellished with a small figure representing Hernán Cortés. Like the chapel's lovely carved wooden altar (1735), the façade shows strong Indian influence. Adjoining the cathedral stands the spacious Open Chapel, its vaulting supported on three arches. Two buttresses reinforce the central columns. Remains of murals showing the lineage of the Franciscan order can be seen in the cloister. Every Sunday a folk mass is celebrated in the cathedral to the accompaniment of mariachi music. If you wish you can see another views of this magnificent building here and here. |
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Thanks for visiting, please be sure that I read each and every one of your kind comments, I appreciate them all and I'll respond when the inexorable time permits.
Thanks for visiting, please be sure that I read each and every one of your kind comments, I appreciate them all and I'll respond when the inexorable time permits.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Monastery
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.
Monday, June 29, 2009
Cuernavaca Cathedral
During restoration of the cathedral interior in the 1950s, some early murals were uncovered depicting the departure of 24 Mexican Franciscan friars, embarking at the start of their missionary journey to Japan, and their subsequent martyrdom on the cross in 1597. Among them was Mexico's only saint, San Felipe de Jesús.
The Chapel of the Third Order, at the rear of the monastery building, has a very typical Mexican Baroque façade, embellished with a small figure representing Hernán Cortés. Like the chapel's lovely carved wooden altar (1735), the façade shows strong Indian influence.
Adjoining the cathedral stands the spacious Open Chapel, its vaulting supported on three arches. Two buttresses reinforce the central columns. Remains of murals showing the lineage of the Franciscan order can be seen in the cloister.
Every Sunday a folk mass is celebrated in the cathedral to the accompaniment of mariachi music.
If you wish you can see another views of this magnificent building here and here.
Gracias por su visita. / Thanks for visiting, its most appreciated.
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