| Note: |
L07 |
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| Object Name: |
West portal of the church |
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| Creation Date: |
16th Century |
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| Culture: |
Mexican Colonial |
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| Location: |
Monastery of San Miguel of Huejotzingo, Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico |
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| Repository: |
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| Image source: |
© Dr. Manuel Aguilar |
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| The atrium is elevated by the west gate, formed by three arches. The atrium was built over a former Indian platform and has a quartet of posa chapels that is one of the few that remain intact in Mexico. They are capped by a distinctive pyramidal roof and have a complex sculptural program designed to link the Christian history with the Franscican order. All the facades have a common format carved with tequitqui technique of flat relief and beveling, but they have different iconographic motifs depending on the passionary angels. |
