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Santa María Tonantzintla
A village church near Cholula whose interior is one of the finest examples of indigenous Baroque decoration in Mexico.
- Editor's score
- 4.6
- Visit
- 40 min
- Price
- Free
About
From the outside it is a modest rural church, but inside every surface is filled with polychrome stucco of cherubs, fruit, flowers and faces modelled by local indigenous craftsmen. The work blends Catholic imagery with a native sense of abundance, and the effect beneath the gilded dome is both exuberant and deeply personal.
Best time to go: Combine it with the Great Pyramid of Cholula and nearby San Francisco Acatepec in a single half-day outing.
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