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Dave and Jan's travels:
Templo de Santa Maria, Tonantzintla
 

Every square inch of the interior is festooned with carved and painted figures. The whole thing is a million light years away from the pain and suffering of most Catholic churches, and there seem to be a number of prehispanic religious figures lurking here and there. I have this vision of the thing built by local sculpors, working under the direction of Conquistadors, then sitting in church secretly praying to their old gods.
    Detail of the Templo de Santa Maria