Segovia Cathedral: the “Lady of the Cathedrals,” and the last Gothic cathedral Spain ever built
Segovia Cathedral from the Plaza Mayor, Spain. Photo: Diego Delso, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Plaza Mayor, Segovia, Spagna […]
Durango Cathedral: three generations of baroque on the Camino Real, and the legend of the nun on the tower
Cathedral Basilica of Durango, Mexico. Photo: Thelmadatter, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Plaza de Armas / Av. 20 de
Mérida Cathedral: completed in 1598 with the stones of Maya T’ho — the oldest cathedral standing on the American mainland
Cathedral of San Ildefonso, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico. Photo: Nicklasmark, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Plaza Grande, Mérida, Yucatán, Messico
Zacatecas Cathedral: a face of pink cantera and a heart of silver, its twin towers finished more than a century apart
Zacatecas Cathedral at dusk, Mexico. Photo: Comisión Mexicana de Filmaciones, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0. Avenida Hidalgo, Zacatecas, Messico
Oaxaca Cathedral: begun in 1535, consecrated in 1733 — green cantera built low and thick against the earthquakes
Facade of the Cathedral of Oaxaca, Mexico. Photo: Thelmadatter, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Zócalo / Alameda de León,
Morelia Cathedral: the pink-stone colossus whose silver font baptized both a hero and an emperor of Mexico’s independence
Morelia Cathedral, Michoacán, Mexico. Photo: TonyRaw, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Avenida Madero, Morelia, Michoacán, Messico · prima pietra
St. Joseph’s Seminary and Church, Macau: a Jesuit mission school that outlasted the order’s own expulsion
St. Joseph’s Seminary and Church, Macau. Photo: John Hill, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Rua do Seminário, Macau, Cina
St. Dominic’s Church, Macau: where China’s first Portuguese-language newspaper was proclaimed in 1822
St. Dominic’s Church, Macau. Photo: Ank Kumar, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Largo de São Domingos, Macau, Cina ·
Cathedral of the Nativity of the Theotokos, Suzdal: rebuilt after a 13th-century collapse and a 15th-century fire, its bronze doors still fire-gilded
Cathedral of the Nativity of the Theotokos, Suzdal Kremlin, Russia. Photo: Ludvig14, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Cremlino di
Guadalajara Cathedral: its famous yellow-tiled spires replaced towers an 1818 earthquake brought down
Cathedral of Guadalajara, Mexico. Photo: ProtoplasmaKid (Wikimedia México), via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Plaza de Armas, Guadalajara, Messico ·