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Spanish colonial cathedrals shaped Americas art and faith
The piece surveys Spanish colonial architecture in the Americas, from Santo Domingo and Havana to Mexico City and Lima. It notes major cathedrals, their dates of founding or construction, stylistic blends, and the impact of conquest on religious monuments. It highlights St. Augustine and New Orleans in the United States, Quebec and Montreal, and the Gothic leaning of later American cathedrals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
India
Europe
Columbus
Paris
St. Peter's
Rome
Bramante
Michel Angelo
Genoa
Seville
Toledo
Burgos
Cortez
Mexico
Granada
Spain
Hispaniola
San Domingo
Isabella
Santo Domingo
New World
Island
Cuba
Port Au Prince
Haiti
St. Pierre
Martinique
Mount Pelee
Fort de France
Santiago
Havana
Veraguas
Veracruz
City of
St. Peter’s
St.Paul’s
London
United States
St. Augustine
Fla
New Orleans
Charles IV
St. Francis
St. Louis
Franca
Jackson Square
Quebec
Mons. Laval
New France
Montreal
Church of England
South
New England
Old Middle States
Episcopalians
Washington
St. Peter and St. Paul
St. Patrick
Fifth Avenue
New York City
St Paul
Pittsburg
St. Patrick's
Ola Trihity
Grace
New York
Baltilloré
Dlosess
Richmond
Episcopal
Lima
Peru
South America
Pizarro