Showing posts with label Mexico. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mexico. Show all posts

Saturday, December 29, 2018

MEXICO - La Quenrada, Acapulco

Mexico card sent from USA.  Thanks Jenn.


"Acapulco de Juárez, commonly called Acapulco, is a city, municipality and major seaport in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific coast of Mexico, 380 kilometres (240 mi) south of Mexico City. Acapulco is located on a deep, semicircular bay and has been a port since the early colonial period of Mexico's history.  It is a port of call for shipping and cruise lines running between Panama and San Francisco, California, United States. The city of Acapulco is the largest in the state, far larger than the state capital Chilpancingo. Acapulco is also Mexico's largest beach and balneario resort city."


Tuesday, April 21, 2015

MEXICO - Antiguo Temple de San Agustin

The Old Church of St Augustine. Thanks to Eduardo for the swap.



Monday, June 16, 2014

MEXICO - Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral


Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral

"The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary of Mexico City (Spanish: Catedral Metropolitana de la Asunción de María) is the largest cathedral in the Americas, and seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico. It is situated atop the former Aztec sacred precinct near the Templo Mayor on the northern side of the Plaza de la Constitución in Downtown Mexico City. The cathedral was built in sections from 1573 to 1813 around the original church that was constructed soon after the Spanish conquest of Tenochtitlan, eventually replacing it entirely. Spanish architect Claudio de Arciniega planned the construction, drawing inspiration from Gothic cathedrals in Spain."


Monday, June 2, 2014

MEXICO - Jose Guadalupe Posada

Art card of famous painter Jose Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913)
La Despedida del Revolucionario, 1910-1912



Wednesday, May 28, 2014

MEXICO - Mayan World

An expedition to the Mayan world (1840 - 1843
by Frederick Catherwood (1799 - 1854)
Teocalli, Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico

Thanks to Ivinha for the swap.


MEXICO - Mayan World



Wednesday, April 9, 2014

MEXICO - The Palace of Fine Arts, Mexico City



"Palace of Fine Arts, Spanish Palacio de Bellas Artes, cultural centre in Mexico City that was built between 1904 and 1934. The palace contains a large theatre, concert hall, museum of popular arts, and halls and galleries for paintings and other works of art. Balcony lobbies display murals by Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, and other Mexican artists. Examples of 19th- and 20th-century Mexican painting and special displays of paintings and sculpture are featured."