Very interesting, what were the building materials used in Mexico at that time. The work on the structure and the fronts seem to have been carried out in great detail?
Oh, materials commonly used in the 16th-18th centuries, e.g., various stones, wood, etc, but it's thoroughly European(ised), albeit on quite a scale and with many wondrous additions.
WOW - just stunning.
Regarding the communistic digital erasure of churches, I wrote an article about 'year zero' in Cambodia where they dismantled a cathedral stone-by-stone. (Another Anglo-American overseas adventure, as it turns out). https://vicparkpetition.substack.com/p/year-zero-australias-digital-censorship
Wow, that's something I didn't know--but I can't say I'm surprised at all about this.
You probably know that Nagasaki was home to the largest Catholic church in Japan prior to August 1945, do you?
Yes - you know, I was just looking at all the Catholic saints and martyrs in Japan.
Look at this awesome man, Justo Takayama: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justo_Takayama
His painting is next-level.
Very interesting, what were the building materials used in Mexico at that time. The work on the structure and the fronts seem to have been carried out in great detail?
Oh, materials commonly used in the 16th-18th centuries, e.g., various stones, wood, etc, but it's thoroughly European(ised), albeit on quite a scale and with many wondrous additions.
For me very exotic and ornate, thank you
Oh, it's both 'conventionally' European plus some ornamental additions. And: you're welcome!