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Second only to St Peter's in Rome for its importance as a Catholic place of pilgrimage, the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe is undoubtedly the most visited place in not only of Mexico City but in all the Americas. Watching the faithful come here, many of them making the final part opf their journey on their knees in the humblest supplication -a laborious progression around and across the vast courtyard in front of the basilca - is a moving experience. When you make your visit here you do need to be aware of the reverence in which this place is held and to dress and behave with suitable decorum.
The story of how the Virgin appeared to a poor Indian boy is known and loved by all devout Mexicans and they have come in their millions in the 470 years since then to see the cloak, miraculously imprinted with the Virgin's image, that confims the miracle and to pray at the shrine -When the original church, begun in 1521 and constantly added to and aggrandised over the succeeding centuries, became both too small and too unsafe ( subsidence is part of the problem as it is at the Metropolitan Cathedral) to be used so hard, the precious image was moved to a striking new church that can accommodate 10,000. Juan Diego's cloak is positioned high on a wall where it can be seen from all points of the basilica. For a closer look, you must join the queue on a moving walkway that carries a constant stream of people along in a never-ending procession of the faithful and the curious.
A staircase in the hillside behind the old Basilica will bring you to the chapel that marks the place where Our Lady appeared to Juan Diego.
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 Mexico City Cathedral by Laura_Mexico
However, the Cathedral has been reinforced and refurbished and it looks really beautiful now, both in & outside... A very complicate and impressive underground work was done here to prevent the Cathedral from sinking yet more and it looks like they did a good job in repairing this great building which took 300 years to be built (and was finished about 2 centuries ago). The refurbishment works took about 10 years to be finished...
NEW!!! Now you can climb up the towers of the Cathedral and walk on the roof top... the view of the city isn't very good (but you may get lucky and see a bit of it on a clear day) but it's a cool experience. It costs $12 Mexican Pesos to go up (a bit more than a US Dollar) and they don't have fixed schedules to take people upstairs (a guide must take the whole group to make the tour), they rather wait to have a group of 6-8 people and then they let you go up. Leave a Comment Address: Downtown, next to the Zocalo!
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This antique churche is located on Zocalo, It was constructed when the sanish conquestor destroyed the old aztec religous temples, in order to change their religous Gods, to just one - Catholic Church God.
Inside the Churche you will find the rich structure and the really fanatism for religion. Leave a Comment
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 a sight and a site to see by morgane1692Leave a Comment Directions: northern city limits, but we got here as part of our day trip which included Teotihucan. this was great since we got the tourguide's narrative and didn't have to wander around, just guessing...
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 Basílica de Guadalupe by Aptypo
In 1601-1622 a rich shrine was erected;
a newer one, much richer, in 1695-1709.
Other structures of the 17th century and 18th century connected with it are a parish church, a convent and church for Capuchin nuns, the Well Chapel, and the Hill Chapel.
About 1750 the shrine got the title of collegiate, a canonry and choir service being established. It was aggregated to St. John Lateran in 1754; and finally, in 1904 it was created a basilica.
When this Old Basilica (from 1709) became dangerous due to the sinking of its foundations, a modern structure called the New Basilica was built nearby between 1974 and 1976, designed by architect Pedro Ramírez Vásquez.
It has a circular floorplan and the original image of the Virgin is located high up on one wall, so it can be seen from any point within the building.
An empty crucifix symbolizes Christ's resurrection.
The choir is located between the altar and the churchgoers to indicate that it, too, is part of the group of the faithful.
Its seven front doors are an allusion to the seven gates of Celestial Jerusalem.
It can accommodate 10,000 worshippers at a time, which is often necessary because a mass is almost always taking place inside.
Street vendors line the winding uphill path behind the other chapels, the Plaza de las Américas (Americas Square) and main streets around the site.
Mexico is the second largest Catholic nation in the world now. Over 90 percent of Mexicans consider themselves Catholic. Waves of pilgrims flood the place year-round, but are especially thick on December 12 since 1531.
Basilica de Guadalupe is considered by many Catholics to be the holiest place in all of the Americas and it is the most visited sanctuary in Latin America.
Well, the basilica may be the second most visited shrine in all the Catholic world, second only to St. Peter's (Vatican). Directions: Basílica de Guadalupe is located in the northern neighborhood of Villa de Guadalupe or simply 'La Villa'. La Villa-Basílica subway station , Line 6 (red), then walk north two busy blocks until reaching the Plaza de las Américas (Americas Square).
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 ssssh, this is a house of
worship, people. by morgane1692Leave a Comment Directions: Zocalo. Can't miss it.
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 Basilica of Our Lady of
Guadalupe, Mexico City by ExGuyParis
Millions of faithful flock to this place; it is, apparently, the most visited church after Saint Peter's in the Vatican. Leave a Comment Directions: in the northern neighborhood of Villa de Guadalupe Hidalgo ("la Villa")Website: http://www.sancta.org/
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Once that the Spanish Conquers destroy the Aztec temples, Hernán Cortez order the construction of Catholic Church at the same spot. The cathedral was built with the stones of the destroyed Aztec temples.
It was constructed in the Spanish Baroque style of architecture and hold 18 bells.It has a side chapel, the Sagrario Metropolitano (1749-69), is the greatest triumph of the Mexican Churrigueresque style. The new cathedral was consecrated in 1667, but the final elements — bell towers and central dome designed by the Spanish neoclassical architect Manuel Tolsá — were finished in 1813.
The soft clay subsoil beneath Mexico City, which was originally built on a lake bed, has caused the sinking of many of the buildings in Mexico City's historic centre. Underground tunnels to stabilize the cathedral have prevented its collapse and have stabilized the uneven inclination of its sinking. Leave a Comment Directions: Located in Mexico City's central square, the Zócalo (Constitution Square).
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 Antigua Basilica by filipdebont
And since that day his whole Indian community took the Virgin as their patroness. But even nowadays this Virgin of Guadalupe plays an important role in the religious life of most Mexicans, This Virgin is even more important then Jesus Christ. At the place where the Virgin appeared they built a church around 1566, later on around 1709 they built this Basilica. Leave a Comment Address: Plaza de las Americas 1Phone: 55776022Directions: metro : Villa
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 The old Basilica by filipdebontLeave a Comment
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