Religious, Spiritual sights in Oaxaca
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Basílica de la Soledad
The image of Oaxaca’s patron saint, the Virgen de la Soledad (Virgin of Solitude), resides in the 17th-century Basílica de la Soledad, 3½ blocks west of the Alameda. The church, with a richly carved baroque facade, stands where the image is said to have miraculously appeared in a donkey’s pack in 1543. The Virgin was later adorned with enormous worldly riches – but lost her 2kg gold crown, a huge pearl and several hundred diamonds to thieves in the 1990s.
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Templo de San Felipe Neri
The 18th-century baroque Templo de San Felipe Neri is where Benito Juárez and Margarita Maza were married in 1843; Margarita was the daughter of Antonio Maza, an Italian immigrant merchant who took in the young Benito when he arrived in Oaxaca as a boy.
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Cathedral
Oaxaca's Cathedral , begun in 1553 and finished (after several earthquakes) in the 18th century, stands just north of the Zócalo. Its main facade, facing the Alameda, features fine baroque carving.
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Iglesia de San Juan de Dios
Finely carved facades adorn the colonial Iglesia de San Juan de Dios. It is a beautiful small 17th-century church, on the site of Oaxaca’s first church (which was built in 1526).
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Iglesia de La Compañía
Finely carved facades adorn the colonial Iglesia de La Compañía.
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