This photo journal features the quaint small town of Charo which is located just 15 kms east of Morelia, not far from the city airport. The main attraction here is the ex-convento (monastery) complex & its well-preserved murals, hence my main reason for wanting to come here, plus I also love visiting small towns & villages.
Getting to Charo from central Morelia was easy. There are lime green Charo buses that leave every 15 minutes from Calle Plan de Ayala near Mercado San Juan, which was only 1 block from me. They travel
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Ex-Convento & Templo,
the main attraction in town, was dedicated to St. Michael the...
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Three part tower
The first church tower was demolished by an earthquake in 1661. Rebuilding of...
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The church facade is Plateresque.
Plateresque, meaning "in the manner of a silversmith" (plata means...
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The carved door
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View of the church tower
from the main plaza. The elevated position of the monastery complex, which is...
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Hilly street beside the convent square.
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View of the dome from the stone wall
along that street.
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Monastery cloister corridor
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Murals
The monastery cloister is surrounded by covered corridors that are...
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More murals
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A frequent theme in the murals
is the martyrdom of Augustinian missionaries.
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The small templo (church) is more like
a chapel. The was a baptism happening when I was there.
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Elderly local woman in rebozo (shawl)
watching from the doorway.
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Card collection in the back room?
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Santos in storage
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The Christmas creche figures in storage
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More figures in storage
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The barrio chapels of Charo
The Augustinians also established chapels (capillas) in the 4 barrios in town.
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Chapel2
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Chapel3
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View from the hillside chapel
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Scan to the right
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Casa de Cultura
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God's pharmacy
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Sweet old senors, sitting in the plaza.
The one on the left told the other fellers I was his 'novia'...
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