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

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Friday, September 20, 2013

Painted Churches of Oaxaca: Santo Domingo de Ocotlan

The interiors and façades of many churches in Oaxaca are highly decorated and painted, but the term "painted church" is used to re...

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

The Talking Cross

When I first read about the "Talking Cross", I imagined something very different from the reality. Although the Talking Cross is ...

Friday, August 16, 2013

Tihosuco, Quintana Roo: Church-Ruin of the Divine Child (with video)

Contemporary Mayan religion is poorly understood by most outsiders. This was the case in a recent article in the NY Times about a new Mayan...

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Ruta de las Iglesias, Quintana Roo, MX

Felipe Carillo Puerto/ Chan Santa Cruz,1858 The church in the Quintana Roo town of Felipe Carillo Puerto, formerly Chan Santa Cruz ,...

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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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