The Barroque Paradise of Santa María Tonantzintla (Part II)
The baroque church of Santa María Tonantzintla is located in the Valley of Cholula in the Central Mexican Plateau and it was built during 16th-19th century. Its interior decoration shows an interesting symbolic fusion of Christian elements with Mesoamerican religious aspects of Nahua origin. Scholar...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2016-12-01
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Series: | Ethnologia Actualis |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/eas-2017-0002 |