If anything, Zacatecas has always excelled in terms of colonial art has always been in the Cathedral, which has extraordinary . Difficult to describe as the Baroque at its most expression is what is presented there.
More than a few times I have been criticized for making so much mention of the saints, their names, dates and attributes, just ... unless it starts from there we can not understand the reason for the exuberance of the Baroque is such. A saint should be placed, depending on its importance, the level it deserves to be represented in a group where there will be at least three different sections, above and center goes, is of more importance.
Pictured above we see two of the four sculptures that guard the front door, these are the left side correspond to the Apostle Santiago and San Pedro, both hands-free and where, surely, hung their attributes . And the picture we now see is the window of the choir, its sides are two of the four doctors of the Church, St. Jerome and St. Augustine, the other two would be San Gregorio and San Ambrosio.
Trying to understand the front of the cathedral is something difficult, flowers, grapes, leaves, faces, crowns, all listed there, suddenly becomes a fit that leaves no room for a flat part of quarry something truly amazing. 
This is a clear example of what, in architectural terms is called mixilínieo arc, which is not a simple arc, but an arc evolves, creating shapes which is topped with a series of contours that makes it even more capricious.
According to teacher Manuel González Galván baroque columns can be classified into several, shall we say, sub-styles: stucco, talaveresco, purist, of grooves board tritóstilo ... I believe that none of these classifications come the columns we see now.
Now if we see the four Doctors of the Church, the level of the window of the choir, the five sculptures displayed at the top are difficult to identify me. but there is something curious that we find here: a couple of coats. One of them is lost between the watermark quarry is on the left, right next to the first of the five saints of the last body is the shield of the Holy See. On the other hand, at the end of saints row is a deleted, undoubtedly was to the English Crown that was sent clear after Independence consummated.
Superb is the niche where San Pablo ... may have been lost during the revolution that this sculpture and other hands ... in this case he needs the sword pointed downward.
Everywhere you look, from every angle, the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Zacatecas offers more and more details, say that, depending on time is the color that reflects its quarry.
Now we are on the north side, dedicated to Lord of the parish. We call attention to these caryatids marked Indian influence. 
Although simpler manufacturing, the representation of Lord of the parish is beautiful.
One of the bases of the columns of the north door. 
And now we go to the south portal, dedicated to Our Lady of Zacatecas. 
Front the Cathedral there is a slightly damaged pedestal that displays the names of each of the saints that appear on the facades, is always good to know there are those who appear to understand better what we wanted to represent all the work when it was conceived in this case, the structure of the Church is interpreted there.
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