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Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios

Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios (Our Lady of Remedies Church) is a 16th-century Mexican Catholic parish church built atop the Tlachihualtepetl pyramid in the municipality of Cholula located in the central Mexican state of Puebla. The church was built with carved stone and embellished with 24-carat gilded panels and shims, called laminilla. It has an altar in the neoclassical style.Nieva López, Jorge (September 2009). "Iglesia de los Remedios y Volcán Popocatepetl, Cholula Puebla" . pa-puebla.com It was built between May 1574 and August 1575 and consecrated on March 25, 1629. The base on which the church is built is one of Read more on Wikipedia

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