Catedral Metropolitana de la Ciudad de México

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Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral, Mexico

The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary to the skies of Mexico City is the headquarters…

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History of Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral

The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary into Heavens is the seat of the Catholic…

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The Choir, Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral

The choir stalls are made in an excellent tapincerán carving. It has two levels of seats: the high for canons…

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Altar of Forgiveness, Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral

It is located in the trascoro, in the front of the central nave. The altarpiece was made by the Spanish…

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Chapel of the Souls, Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral

The chapel of the souls is a small 18th-century baroque Catholic temple that is part of the Metropolitan Cathedral complex…

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Crypt of the Archbishops, Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral

The Crypt of the Archbishops is located below the floor of the cathedral beneath the Altar of the Kings. The…

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High Altar, Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral

This disappeared in the forties of the twentieth century. On the occasion of the Jubilee of the year 2000, a…

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The Tabernacle, Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral

Situated to the right of the main cathedral, the Metropolitan Tabernacle (Spanish: Sagrario Metropolitano) was built by Lorenzo Rodríguez during…

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The Sacristy, Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral

It is the oldest space in the cathedral. In 1626, when the viceroy Rodrigo Pacheco y Osorio, Marquis de Cerralvo…

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The Chapter Hall, Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral

This room is probably the oldest in our Cathedral. Here the first stone was laid, the base on which all…

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Facades and portals, Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral

The main facade of the cathedral faces south. The main portal is centered in the main facade and is the…

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The Dome, Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral

The Dome ended with adaptations to the Ortiz de Castro project. Inside, the Assumption of the Virgin was also represented…

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Bell Towers, Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral

The towers were built between 1787 and 1791, although the base and first body of the eastern tower was built…

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