Mexican Catholic Aesthetics

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Ukraine defending Europe while waiting for EU invitation is insane. They’ve done more for European security in 3 years than half the current members have in 20. When does merit override bureaucracy? Time to invite them in!

Ugliness is a moral failure

Immaculate Conception Cathedral Córdoba, Veracruz 🇲🇽

The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Solitude ⚜️ Jerez, Zacatecas 🇲🇽

Lancaster Cathedral, located in Lancashire, England. Built in 1859.

Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City 🇲🇽 The largest cathedral in the Americas. A monumental stone structure where Renaissance, Baroque, and Neoclassical layers coexist in one body. Built over centuries on the ruins of an empire.

Interior of the Metropolitan Cathedral

Look closely & you’ll see a "clash of worlds": dark-skinned angels wearing feathered headdresses, alongside native fruits. "Tonantzintla" means "Place of our little mother" in Nahuatl, the title for the goddess Tonantzin. The natives saw a parallel between her & the Virgin Mary.

The interior is famous for its "horror vacui", the fear of empty space. Every surface is covered in vibrant stucco work where Catholic iconography blends seamlessly with a pre-Hispanic worldview.

Church of Santa María Tonantzintla. San Andrés Cholula, Puebla 🇲🇽 Built between the 16th and 18th centuries by Franciscan friars and indigenous hands, it stands as the maximum expression of Indigenous Baroque (or "Folk Baroque") in Mexico. 🧵

It is more than a building; it is the birth of an identity. Here, the European "Heaven" was reimagined through indigenous eyes, proving that Mexico’s beauty lies in the inseparable union of its two roots, the American & the European. A true monument to the Mexican soul. 🇲🇽🤝🇪🇺

@MartinMcAvoy_ Gracias!🙏

@MexCathAes ¡Buena suerte, Estética Católica Mexicana! 😇

Templo Expiatorio Diocesano del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús. Leon, Guanajuato |🇲🇽

@chucklehead777 Sending you strength. We will keep you in our prayers so that things turn around for you soon. 🙏

@MexCathAes Could someone provide me with a Rosary? I am unemployed. Thank you. Charlie