Mexico City Sights

Templo Y Museo De El Carmen

#62 of 599 things to do in Mexico City

#346 of 3947 things to do in Mexico

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  • Address
    • Av Revolución 4 San Ángel
  • Phone
    • tel, info: 55 5616 2816
  • Price
    • admission $39, free Sun
  • Hours
    • 10:00-17:00 Tue-Sun

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Lonely Planet review for Templo Y Museo De El Carmen

A storehouse of magnificent sacred art, this museum occupies a former school run by the Carmelite order, adjacent to their 17th-century Templo de El Carmen. (The village was named for their patron saint, San Ángelo Mártir.) The collection includes eight oils by Mexican master Cristóbal Villalpando; equally splendid are the polychrome and gilt designs on the ceilings. The big draw, however, are the dozen mummies in the crypt. Thought to be the bodies of 17th-century benefactors of the order, they were uncovered during the revolution by Zapatistas looking for buried treasure.

 

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