Cruz de Mañozca
19°26′3″N 99°7′57.1″W / 19.43417°N 99.132528°W / 19.43417; -99.132528
The Cruz de Mañozca (Mañozca Cross),[2] otherwise known as the Cruz de Tepeapulco (Tepeapulco Cross),[3] is a 16th century atrial stone cross placed in the courtyard of the Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral, in the historic center of Mexico City, in the Cuauhtémoc Borough. The cross was created for the San Francisco Convent [es], Tepeapulco, Hidalgo, and was eventually brought to Mexico City at the request of archbishop Juan de Mañozca y Zamora.
History
During the 16th century, during the Spanish colonization of the Americas, Franciscans installed in Tepeapulco, Hidalgo,[4] and built the San Francisco Convent [es]. As was the case with the various temples and churches of the time, atrial crosses were built in the enclosure. The cross was formerly located in the front of the convent, which was abandoned during the 17th century. At the request of archbishop Juan de Mañozca y Zamora, the cross was moved to the cemetery area of the Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral in 1648.[1][5] Mañozca y Zamora found it surrounded by weeds and described it as "a cross of red stone masonry, twelve rods high (approximately 10 meters [33 ft]) [...] engraved with great care by the first religious".[6] Since then, the cross has been installed in various areas of the cathedral and is located at the rear of the original cathedral in the Patio de los Canónigos courtyard, whose access is restricted to the public.[1]
Gallery
- Southwestern atrial cross, where the cross once stood
- Southeastern atrial cross, where the cross once stood
- The cross as of 2012
References
- ^ a b c Aguirre Botello, Manuel (June 2017). "Ubicación de la Cruz de Mañozca, Ciudad de México" [Location of the Mañozca Cross, Mexico City]. Mexico Máxico (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ^ Bross, Benjamin A. (2022). Mexico City's Zócalo: A History of a Constructed Spatial Identity. New York City: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-003-05232-6.
- ^ Lynn, Kimberly (2013). "Chapter 5 - Negotiating the Catholic Monarchy: The Transatlantic Maneuvering of Juan de Mañozca y Zamora". Between Court and Confessional. Cambridge University Press. pp. 238–293. doi:10.1017/CBO9781139381291.007.
- ^ Ballesteros García, Víctor Manuel (2000). The Monasteries of the State of Hidalgo. Pachuca: Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo. p. 21. ISBN 9686340688.
- ^ Gruzinski, Serge (2001). Images at War: Mexico From Columbus to Blade Runner (1492–2019). Duke University Press. p. 136. ISBN 9780822326434.
- ^ Rodríguez Alvarez, María de los Angeles (2001). Usos y costumbres funerarias en la Nueva España (in Spanish). El Colegio de Michoacán; El Colegio Mexiquense. pp. 59–60. ISBN 970-679-061-6.
External links
Media related to Cruz de Mañozca at Wikimedia Commons
- v
- t
- e
- Centro
- Barrio Chino
- La Merced
- Algarín
- Ampliación Asturias
- Asturias
- Atlampa
- Buenavista
- Buenos Aires
- Centro Urbano Benito Juárez
- Condesa
- Cuauhtémoc
- Doctores
- Esperanza
- Exhipódromo de Peralvillo
- Felipe Pescador
- Guerrero
- Hipódromo
- Hipódromo Condesa
- Juárez
- Maza
- Morelos
- Obrera
- Paulino Navarro
- Peralvillo
- Roma
- San Rafael
- San Simón Tolnáhuac
- Santa María Insurgentes
- Santa María la Ribera
- Tabacalera
- Tepito
- Tránsito
- Urbano Nonoalco Tlatelolco
- Vista Alegre
- Zona Rosa
- Alameda Central
- Antimonumenta
- Antimonumento +43
- Antimonumento +72
- Avenida Juárez
- Bench of Fidel Castro and Che Guevara
- Biblioteca Vasconcelos
- Buenavista railway station (current)
- Buenavista old train station
- Cruz de Mañozca
- El Sereno
- Esquina de la Información
- Former Aeromexico headquarters
- Forum Buenavista
- Fountain to Bartolomé de las Casas
- Fuente de la República
- Glorieta de la Palma
- Glorieta de los Insurgentes
- Hilton Mexico City Reforma
- How Doth the Little Crocodile
- Monumento a la Raza
- Monumento a la Revolución
- Monument to Pope John Paul II
- País de volcanes
- Palace of Iturbide
- Paseo de la Reforma
- Plaza Giordano Bruno
- Puerta 1808
- Taquería El Califa de León
- Torre del Caballito
- Torre Insignia
- Torre MAPFRE
- Historic buildings of Mexico City Centro
- Landmarks of Colonias Condesa and Roma
stations
- Allende
- Balderas
- Bellas Artes
- Buenavista
- Chabacano
- Chilpancingo
- Centro Médico
- Cuauhtémoc
- Doctores
- Garibaldi / Lagunilla
- Guerrero
- Hidalgo
- Hospital General
- Insurgentes
- Isabel la Católica
- Juárez
- La Viga
- Lagunilla
- Lázaro Cárdenas
- Misterios
- Niños Héroes / Poder Judicial CDMX
- Obrera
- Patriotismo
- Pino Suárez
- Revolución
- Salto del Agua
- San Antonio Abad
- San Cosme
- San Juan de Letrán
- Sevilla
- Tepito
- Tlatelolco
- Zócalo/Tenochtitlan
This article about a Mexican building or structure is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e