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Los Reyes de Juárez
Feliz Año Nuevo to all our readers and fellow aficionados.
As is our custom, the first page of the year features a Mexican church dedicated to the Three Kings, or Los Santos Reyes, whose feast day on January 6 is the highlight of the Christmas season throughout Mexico.
This year we go again to Puebla, to the church of Los Reyes de Juárez, noted for its splendid baroque facade, and gilded altarpieces with statues of the Three Kings.
Those with an interest in colonial organ music and restoration will not want to miss the exciting IOHIO international organ and early music festival, to be held in Oaxaca during February 2009. Check out the IOHIO web site. Reserve now!
Details on a previous festival.
Heavens Above
Aficionados will be interested in an exciting new project in which your editors are involved, documenting the "folk baroque" tradition in Mexico's colonial arts and vernacular architecture.We recently traveled to Michoacán to document the painted ceilings there. Look for more details on this project as it unfolds, as well as future web pages on the numerous other colonial gems in the region.
Please revisit all our 2008 pages:
January: Metztitlan, Hidalgo. February: Atlixco (Puebla) March: Tapalapa (Chiapas) April San Pedro Jarácuaro (Michoacán) May: San Diego, Morelia June: Ozumba (Mexico July: Zoochila (Oaxaca) August: Mezquitán, Jalisco September: Malila Cross (Hidalgo) October: Our Lady of the Fountain (Mexico DF) November: La Nativitas (Guanajuato) December: Tepango (Puebla)
To access all our pages go to our archive. If you enjoy our updates you may support our work by ordering our guidebooks
Our mission at Espadaña Press is to promote public awareness of the rich artistic and architectural heritage of Spanish colonial Mexico through our many illustrated guidebooks and regular features and updates on this web site.
Each month we post a new page, featuring an interesting story or news item about on of the colonial monuments of Mexico. We also update our Art in Peril feature, focusing on colonial artworks at risk from neglect, vandalism or theft.
So bookmark us now and visit again soon. Please browse our extensive archive of past features, now 100 pages and counting...
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Our publications are not available at most bookstores. But wherever you are, you can now order any of our affordable guidebooks online at a special publishers discount, using your credit card. Orders are shipped within days. What could be easier? So, if you are planning a trip to Mexico, or just want to learn more about Mexico's colonial heritage, take us along!
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Once again, we thank the publishers of Borch Maps who have renewed their sponsorship of the Exploring Colonial Mexico web site We encourage our readers to patronize their excellent products during their travels in Mexico and around the world. Look for the updated Yucatan and Mexico City maps
