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Capilla de Nuestra Señora del Rosario (1690)*

Artist/Designer: Designer Unknown

Project Location: Puebla de Zaragoza, Mexico

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Style/Period(s):
Baroque

Primary Material(s):
Plaster, Wood

Function(s):
Religious Building

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Significant Date(s):
17th Century

Additional Information:
Publications/Texts in Print

Auerbach, Ellen, Donna Pierce, and Eliot Porter. Mexican Churches. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1999.

Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (México). Catálogo Nacional de Monumentos Hiistóricos Muebles: Xochimilco. México: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 1987.

Peinador Primo, Antonino. Visit the Rosary Chapel: Temple of Saint Domingo in Puebla of the Angeles. Puebla de Zaragoza, Mexico: Koinonía, 2006.





Additional Information

Building Address
1606 Calle 5 de Mayo,Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza, Mexico

Supporting Designers

Chief Architect: Juan de Cuenca
Continuing Architects: Agustin Hernandez and Diego de Gorozpe
Mural Painter: Jose Rodriguez (1649-1725)



Significant Dates

Juan de Cuenca began construction in 1650
Continued by Agustin Hernandez and Diego de Gorozpe after de Cuenca's death in 1690
Finished April 16, 1690.



Tags
Spanish Baroque, Mexico, Religious, Virgin Mary, Rosary Chapel,

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