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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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Mural at Epazoyucan
Murals still survive on the walls of many of the convents, such as this scene.
[Edited on 6-30-2007 by academicanarchist]
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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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San Miguel Arcangel at Acatlan
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Franciscan convent Todos los Santos at Zempoala
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Detail of the open chapel at Zempoala
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another mural at Epazoyucan
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Thanks for sharing!
My smidgen of a claim to fame is that I have had so many really good friends. By Bernie Swaim December 2007
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Beautiful! And very interesting
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Next time we are in the State of Hidalgo, we will have to look for some of these-----really great---thanks for sharing.
Diane
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