This photo journal, the last one in the Mexico/Guanajuato 2009 series, features a famous church on the edge of Guanajuato, + the small indigenous village of La Huerta near San Miguel de Allende which is famous for its huge cypress tree. I would like to have a good look at Guanajuato & will seriously look at spending next winter there, if I can find a place to live ;o)
"The Templo La Valenciana": (aka Iglesia de San Cayetano) is located on the edge of Guanajuato near the world famous Valenciana silver mine. The church is
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Templo La Valenciana, Guanajuato
Although it's currently missing the 2nd tower & a few sculptures, the...
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The weathered sign
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Main entrance
Note the missing statue in the right niche.
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The original carved wood doors
are spectacular.
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Main altar with gilded retables
(carved altar screens).
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There are 3 wooden retables
(carved altar screens) covered in gold leaf.
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Closeup
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Interior of the dome
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The original organ
has been restored & the church is now used for musical events.
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Cobbled path in Village of "La Huerta"
The small indigenous village of La Huerta is famous for its...
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"El Sabino" , the main attraction
in the village. This magnificent bald cypress (sabino) is more than 500 years...
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The small number of local residents
include this family of pigs that we saw long the cobbled path up to the tree.
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Yikes, more bloody tourists
to see that tree.
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baaaaa..... hey, what about us up here?
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I loved this old church doorway
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Colorful village preschool
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Primary school across the road
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known as escuela primaria In Mexico
Note the mountain ridge behind the school.
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Lovely old mission church up the road
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Lots of rocks
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I love the bell arch
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Front of the church
from the courtyard.
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The main door
I wonder if that's another cypeess tree (sabino) in the courtyard?
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Flower alcove in the wall
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I love the bell arch
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