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Conventual Temple of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Mexico

The Conventual Temple of Our Lady of Carmen (Templo conventual de Nuestra Señora del Carmen), currently known as the Church of the Virgin of Carmen (Iglesia de la virgen del Carmen), is a religious temple of Catholic worship that belongs to the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles, under the invocation of the Virgen del Carmen. It is an example of the Baroque architecture of Puebla from the early seventeenth century, two of its chapels are of remarkable workmanship and decoration, as is the main nave that contains paintings such as the Santísima Trinidad de Cristóbal de Villalpando and its neoclassical altarpiece that houses the image of the Virgin, the work of the sculptor José Antonio Villegas Cora. The patronal feast is celebrated on July 16.

Monastery data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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