Ex_Temple_of_Corpus_Christi

Corpus Christi Church, Mexico City

Corpus Christi Church, Mexico City

Church in Mexico

The Corpus Christi Church is a former church on Avenida Juárez in the Historic center of Mexico City. It is the only remaining part of the Convent of Corpus Christi, founded in 1724 for Indian women[1] and which was closed as part of the Reform Laws. The architect of the baroque structure was Pedro de Arrieta who also designed the Palace of the Inquisition and the Church of San Felipe Neri "La Profesa".[2]

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The church was damaged during the 1985 earthquake and it was restored.

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  1. [1]
    Susan Migden Socolow (2000). The Women of Colonial Latin America. Cambridge University Press. p. 105.
  2. [2]
    "Ex Iglesia de Corpus Christi". Nueva Guía del Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-03-02.

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