page_title: Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral
section_title: Chapel of Saint Joseph
hierarchical_section_title: Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral / Interior / Chapels / Chapel of Saint Joseph
caption_attribution_description: English: Lord of the Cacao beans — colonial Mexican sculpture from 16th century. In the Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City. Deutsch: Herr der Kakaobohnen, mexikanische Skulptur aus dem 16. Jahrhundert. Kathedrale von Mexiko-Stadt. Español: El Señor del cacao, escultura mexicana del siglo XVI. Catedral Metropolitana de la Ciudad de México. Français&#160;: Le Seigneur des fèves de cacao, sculpture mexicaine du siècle XVIe. Cathédrale Métropolitaine de Mexico. Русский: Властелин какао-бобов, мексиканская скульптура из 16-го века. Кафедральный собор в Мехико.
context_page_description: The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven is the seat of the 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.
  Due to the long time it took to build it, just under 250 years, virtually all the main architects, painters, sculptors, gilding masters and other plastic artists of the viceroyalty worked at some point in the construction of the enclosure. This same condition, that of its extensive period of construction, allowed the integration into it of the various architectural styles that were in force and in vogue in those centuries, including the Gothic, Baroque, Churrigueresque, Neoclassical styles.
context_section_description: The Chapel of Saint Joseph (Spanish: Capilla de San José), built between 1653 and 1660, contains an image of Our Lord of Cacao, an image of Christ most likely from the 16th century. Its name was inspired from a time when many indigenous worshipers would give their alms in the form of cocoa beans. Churrigueresque in style and containing a graffito statue of Saint Joseph, patron saint of New Spain, the main altarpiece is Baroque and is from the 18th century.  This once belonged to the Church of Our Lady of Monserrat. This altar contains statues and cubicles containing busts of the Apostles, but contains no paintings.
caption: Lord of the cacao beans
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