Saturday 17 July 2010

Guadalajara:Churches

Guadalajara is an old colonial town , today the capital of the Mexican federal state of Jalisco. You can see a lot of churches here, I want to show you two of them. First the Cathedral, which for me looks more like a fortress from the outside. It was built in the 16th century and as it took them about 60 years to finish, a lot of different styles can be seen. The towers were destroyed in an earthquake  at the beginning of the 20th century and were rebuilt  in this way then.



A look at the stone masonry in the chapel to the right.











This church is called  Templo Expiatorio and was built in the Gothic style between 1897 and 1931. It is an impressive and, in my opinion, very beautiful church, as the only decoration inside are the architecture and the beautiful glass windows.









Finally I saw these guys heading for an old building of the university... aliens studying in Guadalajara as well, it is a famous university !!!

1 comment:

  1. beautiful church beautuful gothic chapell

    Enjoy your stay. Kiss
    Iris

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