Capilla abierta
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A capilla abierta is considered to be one of the most distinct Mexican construction forms. Mostly built in the 16th century during the early colonial period, the construction was basically an apse or
Capilla abierta of Tlalmanalco, Mexico State
Open chapel of the monastery of San Francisco in Tzintzuntzan, Michoacán.
Church of the Purisima Concepcion with open chapel in Otumba de Gómez Farías.
Arch with decorative details from the Tlalmanalco chapel
The Earliest Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatepetl are sixteen early 16th-century monasteries which were built by the Augustinians, the Franciscans and the Dominicans in order to evangelize the ar
View of the church façade of the monastery in Tepoztlán
The Popocatépetl volcano seen from the Paso de Cortés.
The capilla abierta of the Cathedral of the Assumption in Cuernavaca
View of the complex at Tochimilco