THE INFLUENCE OF THE SPANISH ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF CHUCHES,MANSIONS,PLAZAS,FOUNTAINS,COURTYARDS AND NAROW STREETS IS MIND BOGGLING.WITH NO SHORTAGE OF ENSLAVED INDIGENOUS STONEMASONS,WEALTHY SILVER MINE OWNERS AS SPONSORS A PLETHORA OF RELIDIOUS ORDERS HELL BENT ON OUTDOING EACH OTHER HAS LED TO AN UNBELIEVEABLE HERITAGE. ZACATECAS POP 116,000 WAS THE HQ FOR THE MISSIONS THAT SPREAD RIGHT UP INTO CALIFORNIA,NEW MEXICO,ARIZONA AND TEXAS HAS 360 CHURCHES!!DESPITE WARS,EARHQUAKES,REVOLUTION AND PERIODIC EXPULSION OF CLERGY HUGE COLONIAL SECTIONS OF MOST CITIES REMAIN.MANY RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS NOW ARE STATE OR FEDERAL BUILDINGS,UNIVERSITIES,SCHOOLS OR EVEN PRISONS!!
THIS IS TYPICAL MEXICAN BAROQUE.TOWERS,CUPOLAS AND MULTIPLE STYLE COLUMNS.
MANY CITIES HAVE RESTORED AQUEDUCTS THAT ARE NOW JUST ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES.
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