ONE-TO-ONE COMPARISON
02 / OBJECTSSacred architecture built across generations
Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral↔St Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City
Building began
1573 · 1506
Main building completed
1813 · 1626
Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral
The largest cathedral in Latin America, facing Mexico City's Zócalo
01 / FIELD NOTESDATA / IN CONTEXT
Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral
The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven stands on the north side of the Zócalo in Mexico City. Building began in 1573 to plans by Claudio de Arciniega and the exterior was finished in 1813 by Manuel Tolsá, so the church mixes Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical work. It has five naves, two bell towers, a crossing dome and, on the east side, the Sagrario Metropolitano. This pack shows a photogrammetry scan of the building from an elevated three-quarter view.
“The largest cathedral in Latin America, facing Mexico City's Zócalo”✳
01 / Locationप्लाज़ा दे ला कॉन्स्टिट्यूसीओन (ज़ोकालो), मेक्सिको सिटी
02 / Built1573–1813
03 / Original planक्लाउडियो दे आर्सिनिएगा
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