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Colonial Mexico's art, architecture, churches, religious customs and history

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Friday, July 12, 2013

Espadañas: Yucatan Churches

Oxkcutzcab, Yucatan (begun 1640) The churches of the Yucatan were all products of the Franciscan effort to christianize the Mayan inh...

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Tihosuco, San Martiniano: The "Other" Mayan Ruins

Like the rest of Mexico the state of Quintana Roo, located in the eastern portion of the Yucatan Peninsula and bordered by the Caribbean S...

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Nuestra Señora de los Remedios, Nuestra Señora de la Soledad: Beloved Statues, Beloved Ladies

Although both of these figures are statues, "statue" is not really the appropriate word to describe Nuestra Señora de los Remedio...

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Huejotzingo: Stone That Taught

Huejotzingo street-view against slopes of volcano Popocatépetl The monastery of San Miguel Arcangel or St. Michael the Archangel is l...

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Marina Hayman Ph.D.: I fell in love with the art, architecture and history of Colonial Mexico and all of Colonial Latin American while a student at Yale Divinity School and have pursued it ever since. I live in Mexico part of the year and spend much of this time traveling to research, view and photograph all the phenomenal art, architecture and customs that are there for all to see.

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