Title: Morelia
Description: "Collective endeavor by scholars from the region, this study captures the essence of this prestigious colonial city. Well-documented chapters lavishly illustrated with color photographs and some 19th- and early-20th-century photographs and prints reveal an elegant and refined ensemble of civic and religious architecture in perfect harmony with its surrounding plazas and gardens. Colonial paintings of religious processions and portraits of ecclesiastical figures reveal Morelia's history. In the late-19th-century paintings by Mariano de Jesus, the city's plazas, churches, and church interiors are brought to life by images of strolling couples, street vendors, and women washing laundry in city fountains. The heroes of the Independence are presented with driving force in the 20th-century murals by Alfredo Zalce"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Subjects: Buildings, structures, Architecture, Colonial Architecture
Places: Morelia (Michoacán de Ocampo, Mexico), Morelia (Michoacán de Ocampo), Mexico