Santos in Oaxaca's Ancient ChurchesA study of santos in 16th-century and other churches in Oaxaca, Mexico
By Claire and Richard Stracke Funded by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation In Nochixtlán: Calvary
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María de la Asunción Nochixtlán |
Asunción Nochixtlán is a town of almost 15,000 in the Mixteca region of Oaxaca state. It was entirely depopulated owing to epidemics in the years following the Spanish arrival to Mexico but then re-established by Francisco Orozco and about 50 Mixtec intellectuals and commerçants. In the church we will examine the altar of El Señor de la Misericordia. |