| Cross of Doendo", its name means in Otomi "built over stone", an idea that suggests the popular belief that was built over an indigenous monolith. In fact, in the very sixteenth century were found buried at the base of the cross a large number of idols and offerings that evidence that syncretic worship serving to the two religions. The base of the cross of Doendo resembles a Mesoamerican pyramid of two stepped bodies. The second body has three carved emblems of the Franciscan Stigmata’s in each side. The cross is very austere, but has in its intersection the face of Christ framed by a crown of thorns and its arms end in the characteristic design of the fleur-de-lys. |
