Ebudeni beminyaka engama-300 yaseMexico siyithanga laseSpain, sasiphembeleleke kakhulu kumasiko nezithethe zabo ezininzi — ubukhulu becala, safumana ulwimi lwabo kunye nenkolo yabo. Ebudeni baloo minyaka ukusukela ngoko, iicawa zamaKatolika zazisasazeka kuyo yonke indawo elizweni, zihlala zibekwe kuyo yonke idolophu kunye nesixeko isikwere kwaye zisebenza njengendawo yokubaluleka kwezentlalo kunye nenkolo. Kwaye ke, isiXeko saseMexico asikho ngaphandle. Zininzi iicawa zazo zonke iisayizi kunye nezitayile kuyo yonke idolophu, kodwa ezo zikhethwe kolu luhlu zinempembelelo enkulu ebonakalayo kunye nokubaluleka kwembali (kwaye zikwindawo ezixineneyo oya kuthi undwendwele ngazo ngamanye amaxesha). Mhlawumbi eyona ikude kakhulu kwezona ndawo ziphambili esixekweni yiBasílica yaseGuadalupe, kodwa kufanelekile ukuhamba ukuba ufuna ukubona amakhulukhulu abahambi abeza mihla le kwilizwe liphela ukuza kutyelela intombi enyulu.

KwiCawa yaseKapa

Kuthathe phantse iminyaka engama-300 ukwakha le cathedral, eyona Latin inkulu, kunye nezimbo zala maxesha aphakathi kwenkulungwane ye-16 neye-19 — I-Renaissance, i-baroque kunye neoclassical-zonke zikhona kulwakhiwo. Emva kokumangaliswa yi-façade yayo kunye neentsimbi zentsimbi, ezigqityiweyo ngumyili wezakhiwo u-Manuel Tolsá, ngena ngaphakathi kwaye ufumane nganye yeetempile zayo ezili-14, kunye namalungu amabini amakhulu e-18th century.

I-Basilica yaseGuadalupe

Ngokobuchwephesha, zimbini ii-basilica ePlaza de las Américas: eyokuqala, eyakhiwe phakathi kwenkulungwane ye-16 neye-18 kufutshane neTepeyac Hill, apho umfana ongumthonyama ogama linguJuan Diego wabona iNtombikazi enguMariya, kwaye eyesibini, yakhiwa ngo-1970. Ngobume besetyhula yanamhlanje ukuze umfanekiso weNtombikazi ubonwe nakweyiphi na indawo, icawa entsha inokuhlala abantu abangama-50 000 kwaye yenye yeendawo zonqulo ezityelelweyo.

Itempile yaseSan Hipólito

Yakhelwe kwisiza se Ubusuku obubuhlungu (Idabi apho amaKoloniyali aseSpain afumana ukoyiswa okukhulu kwii-aztec), le nkonzo yayenzelwe ukuhlonipha abawileyo ngobo busuku. Jonga iinkcukacha zayo ze-baroque-neoclassical, ezinje ngeekholamu kunye neziqabu, kwaye uzame ukuyiphepha ngomhla wama-28 kwinyanga nganye-ngumthendeleko wase-St Jude kwaye iba nabantu abaninzi ngendlela emangalisayo.

Icawa yaseSan Jacinto

Ngegadi yayo ezolileyo enemithi, lecawa intle inombala wepesika ihleli entliziyweni yeSan Angel kwaye yakhiwa ngabefundisi baseDominican ngenkulungwane ye-16 neye-17. Jonga umnqamlezo wamatye egadini, odibanisa izinto zecatholic kunye nezobuhedeni, emva koko ungene ngaphakathi ukuze ujonge ubuhle iqhekeza , zenziwe zihonjiswe lwakhiwo isitayile.

Icawa yaseSan Juan Bautista

Xa undwendwela indawo yaseCoyoacán enomtsalane, le cawa kufuneka ibone. Yayenye yeetempile zokuqala ezakhiwa emva kokufika kweSpanish, kodwa ingaphakathi layo libe notshintsho olukhulu emva kohlaziyo ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane yama-20, ngakumbi izibingelelo. Jonga phezulu: iifresco kunye nezinto zokuhombisa kwisilingi zihle.