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[*] posted on 6-30-2007 at 04:45 AM
More 16th century central Mexican convents


During my most recent visit to Mexico I photographed several more 16th century convents in Hidalgo. I am attaching several photos, for those who may be interested, of these colonial institutions that were precursors to missions in northern Mexico, such as the Baja California missions. The first is the Augustinian convent San Andres at Epazoyucan.

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[*] posted on 6-30-2007 at 04:46 AM
Mural at Epazoyucan


Murals still survive on the walls of many of the convents, such as this scene.

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[*] posted on 6-30-2007 at 04:50 AM
San Francisco de Asis at Tepeapulco


This is the Franciscan convent at Tepeapulco. The cleric Bernardo de Sahagun resided here for many years, and draftred a text entitled "Historia General de las Cosas de la Nueva Espana," which is a very important source of information on pre-contact native culture, etc. of central Mexico. He employed the native leaders of Tepeapulco as informants.

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[*] posted on 6-30-2007 at 04:51 AM
San Miguel Arcangel at Acatlan




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[*] posted on 6-30-2007 at 04:52 AM
Singuilucan




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[*] posted on 6-30-2007 at 04:53 AM
Franciscan convent Todos los Santos at Zempoala




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[*] posted on 6-30-2007 at 04:55 AM
Detail of the open chapel at Zempoala




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[*] posted on 6-30-2007 at 05:01 AM
another mural at Epazoyucan


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[*] posted on 6-30-2007 at 10:24 AM


Thanks for sharing!



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[*] posted on 6-30-2007 at 01:25 PM


Beautiful! And very interesting
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[*] posted on 6-30-2007 at 01:30 PM


Next time we are in the State of Hidalgo, we will have to look for some of these-----really great---thanks for sharing.

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