Buried Chapel: A window on religious history of colonial Mexico

By Gabriela Garcia Guzman Puebla, Mexico, Jul 16 (EFE).- Volunteers are hard at work saving “La capilla enterrada” (Buried Chapel), a structure of uncertain origin that appears to combine elements of indigenous Mexican religion and the Catholic faith introduced by the Spanish conquistadors. Located outside Zapotitlan Salinas, a town in the central state of Puebla, …

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