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8 unusual facts about Taxco


California Quadrangle

The dome's design looked to the dome at the Church of Santa Prisca and San Sebastián in Taxco, Mexico.

Churrigueresque

In Mexico, are considered as the masterpieces of Churrigueresque style the Cathedral Basilica of Zacatecas, Zacatecas, capital of Zacatecas state, and the Parish of Santa Prisca, located in Taxco, Guerrero state.

José de la Borda

José de la Borda (Joseph de Laborde in French; c. 1700 – May 30, 1778) was a French/Spaniard who migrated to New Spain in the 18th century, amassing a great fortune in mines in Taxco and Zacatecas in Mexico.

Ruíz de Alarcón

Juan's brother Hernando Ruíz de Alarcón y Mendoza, who was a priest in Taxco, is known for having written a treatise documenting the non-Christian religious practices of the Nahua Indians of central Mexico.

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To help the restoration project be carried to completion, the World Monuments Fund listed the church in the 2000 World Monuments Watch and provided funding from American Express and the Robert W. Wilson Challenge to Conserve Our Heritage for the conservation of walls, vaults, and the sacristy of the church.

Some of the pictures in the street are from the Zodiac and meant to indicate certain commercial activities in times past.

These statues are carried in processions on Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday and Good Friday.

William Spratling

Using money received from commissions he organized for Rivera, Spratling bought a home in Taxco, Mexico in 1928, where he began work on a book, Little Mexico, about this small mountain town.


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Genaro Vázquez Rojas

Diez was the owner of a Coca-Cola concession, proprietor of "Yoli" soft drink factories, Chancellor of University of Huerrero, and ex-mayor of Taxco.


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