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1897
It took 75 years to build, and the Revolution stopped the work
The cornerstone of the temple was laid on 15 August 1897, and construction ended 75 years later, in 1972. It is of neo-Gothic style, one of the most representative in Mexico. By 1911 the interior columns were finished, but work was suspended during the Revolution because of religious persecution, a lack of guarantees and an economic crisis.
Boari
The Italian architect of Mexico City's Palacio de Bellas Artes took it over
The original project was designed by the engineer Salvador Collado Jasso. When construction stayed incomplete, the Italian architect Adamo Boari was chosen to continue it. Porfirio Díaz had brought him to Mexico, and he had worked on the Palacio de Bellas Artes and the Palacio de Correos in Mexico City. From 1927 the architect Ignacio Díaz Morales oversaw the work until it was completed.
Orvieto
The façade copies the cathedral of Orvieto and carries mosaics from the Vatican
The church's façade is a copy of the façade of the Cathedral of Orvieto. Its three tympana have Italian mosaics made in the Vatican's Mosaic Factory: the Paschal Lamb in the center, Saint Tarcisius to the east and St. Pius X to the west. The doors are granadilla wood carved by Jesús Gómez Velazco, with bronze high reliefs by Benito Castañeda. The church is made mostly of stone, carved as it was done in the Middle Ages.
The carillon
A carillon of 25 bells plays while twelve apostles turn out of the tower
The church clock was imported from Germany and has four lighted dials. With it came a carillon of 25 bells playing 25 pieces, religious and popular, such as Ave María, the Mexican National Anthem, Las Mañanitas and Guadalajara. On the campanile, miniature statues of the 12 apostles rotate in and out of the tower whenever a piece is played.
Day 4, afternoon
It comes after Statue of Minerva. Then Plaza de los Mariachis.
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