This photo journal features the major churches of San Miguel de Allende which we just visited again in Nov/09. I had photographed most of these in 2004 but I couldn't help myself, I had to visit them again. So here's a fresh look & some new background information that I found. The 2004 set can be found in this folder:
http://www.worldisround.com/home/brecky/mexico/index.html
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"Las Monjas"
The Convent of the Immaculate Conception, with its distinctive domed...
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The dome from a distance.
The 12-sided dome, patterned on the Chapel of Les Invalides on...
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The church interior
The original church architect, Francisco Martinez Gudino from...
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Inner dome
The inner dome's unadorned stone work is a simple mooring for its fancy...
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"La Salud" chapel/church
& the 'colegio' line the northern edge of the Civic Plaza, an old...
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The 'colegio'
(College of San Francisco de Sales). This is where Ignacio Allende hid...
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The Church of Our Lady of Health,
known as "La Salud", was built as the chapel for the adjacent...
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The niches in the facade of La Salud
have statues of St. John the Evangelist, the Sacred Heart, the Virgin...
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The interior
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Small chapel
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Side altar
More info & photos here:...
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The "Oratorio of San Filipe Neri"
was created in 1712 on a site where there was already a church. It had been...
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The new facade, of rose quarry stone,
which somewhat resembles the facade of the Cathedral of Zacatecas, has...
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Attractive 'mural'
San Felipe Neri, who lived ascetically through 80 years of 16th century in...
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The attractive main altar area
There are 33 oil paintings inside that depict scenes from the life of...
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A gilded side altar
More info & photos can be found here:...
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Another side altar.
The Canals, the town's richest family, had wanted to establish a convent...
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"La Parroquia" (main parish church)
The soaring pink facade of the pseudo-Gothic tower makes La Parroquia (de San...
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One of the lovely altars
Most of the walls are covered in murals, many of them done by a parish priest.
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Handsome inner domes
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Choir & organ loft
Regrettably, I didn’t visit the Eucharist Chapel with its modern...
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San Rafael church
which shares the same complex as La Parroquia, was dedicated to another...
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"San Francisco church" - contrast
of styles. Note the highly decorative Churrigueresque style in the...
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The main entrance
has more niches & statues. In late 18th century, north-central...
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Closeup
Completed in 1799, it took 20 years to build San Francisco church....
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North America
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