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Zacatecas Zacatecas Cathedral, a visit inside.

After overwhelm us with what is the facade of the Cathedral of Zacatecas, to keep surprising we expected to find the same magnificence inside but not, the cathedral has undergone several operations and renovations and now contrasts sharply the austerity of the interior with the refined Baroque facade.

The first religious building to be erected in the city of Zacatecas was precisely where today we see the Cathedral, was the year of 1567, construction was so simple, low resistance materials and for 1612, start building the temple that would replace, which concludes in 1625. Due to the growth of the city, a temple was required of larger capacity for 1718 is beginning to build the Third Temple.

"This temple would be the most ambitious undertaking, it was devised to create a temple and not a ship, but three, which would become the "Cathedral Basilica of Zacatecas." We kept it down several chapels attached to the existing parish church, including: the Holy Christ and Our Lady of Zacatecas. The third temple, and three ships had wooden baroque altarpieces, which were replaced by the quarry, possibly designed by Valencian architect Manuel Tolsá between 1803 and 1847, except the largest, which guarantees was dismantled in 1852, causing a vacuum and liturgical architecture. " (1)

We particularly remarkable avant-garde style of the high altar, having a few months it has been installed. Michoacan sculptor Javier Marin was in charge of the work done in Finnish birch and coated in gold leaf 24 carat. The dimensions of the altar are 17 meters high by 11 wide, five kilos of gold that covers it, coming from the bowels of the nearby mines of Zacatecas.

According to Marin, the birch is arranged in twelve layers treated with the highest technology. He explained that the birch is a very stable wood, "is extremely durable and is what we need, a timber or move, or expand, or shrink it or react to moisture is of great quality. "

The altarpiece is eleven images, led by the Virgin of the Assumption, to whom is dedicated the Cathedral of Zacatecas. Santa Ana and San Joaquin, parents of the Virgin Mary, flanked by his image, and in descending order do the same San Juan Bautista, San Augustine of Hippo, Santo Domingo, San Antonio de Padua, San Ignacio de Loyola, and sides San Mateo Zacatecans Mail and Blessed Miguel Agustin Pro

The side altar find the Lord left the parish set in a beautiful set of stunning neoclassical.

course if there is a confessional, there must be a prison, as is the case with what we found here.

Here is part of the high altar from the angle where they worship the Lord Parish sobriety gives birch wood and the work of straight lines is unique.

Unlike many cathedrals, Zacatecas overhangs that very marked contrast between its elaborate facade and simplicity of line that is inside. Here the altar Sacred Heart of Jesus, guarded by San Ignacio de Loyola and San Luis Gonzaga.

The altar to the Virgin of Guadalupe, guarded by Saint Francis of Assisi and St. Dominic is the type of paintings called touched, those that were made by scribes allowed to develop the image of Guadalupe, one of the angles that the note is indeed an image touched.

San Miguel Archangel crowning the altar of Our Lady of Zacatecas.

and Santo Domingo de Guzman with the dog who carries the torch in its mouth ... domini the canine, dog of God.

Quite an experience to visit the Cathedral of Zacatecas, try to save yourself at least an hour to see in detail throughout this site.