COLLECTION NAME:
Archivision Base to Module 9
Record
Preferred Title:
Templo y ex Convento de Natividad
Alternate Title:
Church and Convent of the Nativity
Image View:
Perpendicular view along path looking through gardens
Creator:
unknown (Mexican)
Location:
site: Tepoztlán, Morelos, Mexico
GPS:
+18.920256-99.237157
Date:
ca. 1555-1580 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Mexican
Style Period:
Sixteenth century
Work Type 1:
convent
Work Type 2:
church
Classification:
architecture
Material:
stone; stucco
Technique:
construction (assembling)
Subjects:
architectural exteriors; Dominicans
Description:
A 16th century Dominican convent complex that includes a church, several chapels and the cloister. The main facade is of Plateresque style and shows the Virgin Mary accompanied by Fray Domingo de Guzmán, founder of the Dominican order and by Catherine de Siena.
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module Four
Identifier:
1A2-M-CU-TE-A2
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Templo y ex Convento de Natividad
