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eugeniamariaAzevedosalomao
ill.5.
Hospitalchapelfaçade,
Charapan,michoacán,
mexico,(2013,photo.
torressalomao
photographicarchive
ill.6.
Façadeandportal
detailofthetemple
santiagoAngahuan,
michoacán,mexico,(2013,
photo.torressalomao
photographicarchive
flowersandfruitslThetemplestandsoutinterms
ofitsimmensityinthemountainlandscapethat
surroundsit,beingcomposedbyanatrium,tem-
ple,rectoryhouse,belltowerandtheexceptional
structurethatstandsbetweenthefaçadeandthe
towertoaccommodatethebaptisterybelow,with
aviewpointatthetop(illl6)l
Inadditiontotheroofs,theabundantpictorial
alfarjesintheMichoacánareacannotbeomittedl
AsmentionedbyGonzálezGalván:“Thisroofsys-
temwasrefinedinMudéjarstyleandsoitcame
toAmericanlandsdominatedbySpaininthesix-
teenthcentury,proliferatingacrossthegeography
ofthecontinentl”12TheRelacióndeTiripetioby
PedroMontesdeOca,mentionsthattheareahad
treesofdifferentvarietiesandskilledlaborthat
producedworkthatwasdeemedbytheinformant
ableto:“provideandsubmittoanyprince”
lItalso
mentionstheexistenceofpainters:“themostpol-
ishedandcuriousthatexistsinNewSpain”
l13The
MudéjaralfarjetraditioninMichoacángoesback
tothefirsthalfofthesixteenthcenturywhenthe
firstexampleofitskinddevelopedinthechurchof
theAugustinianconventofTiripetio,builtbetween
1537and1548andconsumedbyfirein1640l
12GonzálezGalván(1978:143)l
13Acuña(1985:352)l
