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ill.2.santamaríaHuiramangaroassemblyplant16thcentury.source:ownelaborationLelodeLarreaLópez
TheatriumofHuiramangaroprecededtheen-
trancetothetempleandthepriesthouselItsEu-
ropeanprecedentliesinthecourtsplacedatthe
entranceoftheRomanbasilicaslThisareaserved
asamiddlearticulatortoseparatetheunholylife
carryingoutassemblyanddoconsenttotheIn-
dianwhoenteredareligiousspaceuponentering
thesamelInthiswideesplanadethatoriginallyalso
servedasacemetery(holyfield),wasanatrialstone
CrosswithcarvedsymbolsofthepassionofChrist
andtheChurchTriumphanttosignifythatwho-
everwalkedherewastreadingonblessedterritoryl
Thisvisualelementadditionallyevokedaninitial
reflectionontheChristologicalsubjectmatterthat
wouldbewidelydevelopedintheinteriorofthe
templededicatedtoNuestraSeñoradelaAsunciónl
Thepriesthouse,aswellasthetemple,werebuilt
toservethefewmonksresidingintheplaceand
thedevotionalneedsofthelocalandsubjugated
peopleandtheinhabitantsofthelandlItsstructure
wasbasedonthefunctionofareligiousmission
dedicatedtotheevangelisationofthenativesrather
thanaconventlThesecircumstancesdetermined
thattheinitialconfigurationofthepriesthouse
onlyhadthreeroomsaccessedthroughaportico
andacentralcourtyardlTwoofthemwereusedas
venuesfortherestofthereligiousand,inhigher
dimensions,wasusedasakitchenlItwasanarea
consideredasplaceofserviceandnon-devotional,
soitsarchitecturaltreatmentwasfreefromsym-
bolicornamentation(illl2)l
Thebackofthetempleandpriesthousefea-
turedagardentoppedwithanareawhereanin-
firmarystoodwithasmalladjacentchapelandan
enclosurefortheaccommodationofindigenous
peoplelUnlikethehospitalestablishedbyVascode
Quiroga,thissitewasmoreinaccordancewiththe
medievalSpanishcustomtoprovideahostelrynear
Catholicchurchestoservetheneediestorpeople
onajourneylAdistinctionwhichhadinfluenceon
theawarenessoftheinhabitantsofHuiramangaro
tonotgenerateasubstantiveassessmentofthisin-
digenousareaasithappenedinthevillagesthatare
subsequentlyfoundedintheSierraP´urhépecha,
whichledtothepassageoftheyearstoitstrans-
formation,abandonmentandconsequentlossl
Furthermore,theconstructivesystemofthe
templearea-greatersacrednessbyantonomasia-
wasbasedmainlyontheuseofstones,mudand
woodandlocalmaterialscommontotheindig-
enouspeopleandthataboundedclosetoHuira-
mangaro,whichallowedthebuildingtechniques
