Santiago Apóstol parish in Tequixquiac
The St. James Apostle Church ( Parroquia de Santiago Apóstol Spanish ) is a church in Santiago Tequixquiac in the Mexican state of México.
It was founded in 1590 on the day of the Apostle James as a Spanish Franciscan mission for the conversion of the indigenous people of Otomi.
The church now belongs to the Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia ( INAH ).
Architecture
The St. James Apostle Church was built in several phases. The atrium was a large room enclosed in stone with a cross on top, with Christian and indigenous symbols on the walls. In each of the four corners there are wells, and is in the middle of an open space with Solomonic columns. On the façade there are two portals, whose stone reliefs are also decorated with indigenous symbolism. The church and the city are dedicated to the Apostle James. During a drought, a sculpture of the Señor de la Capilla was brought (Our Lord of the chapel ) of Apaxco after Tequixquiac. After completion of the drought it was not returned, presumably because the fibers from denenn it is, were swollen and it was now too heavy to carry. From then on, it has remained in the city and many miracles were attributed to him. The vault of the parish was built in 1856.