Nuestra Señora de los Remedios Church

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Nuestra Señora de los Remedios Church is a colonial-era Catholic sanctuary dramatically perched atop the Great Pyramid of Cholula in Puebla, Mexico, blending Spanish religious architecture with a pre-Hispanic archaeological site.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic church
Roman Catholic Marian shrine
sanctuary
architecturalStyle Baroque
colonial
associatedWith Great Pyramid of Cholula
Marian devotions in Mexico
builtAfter Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
builtBy Spanish colonists
constructionStart 16th century
continent North America
country Mexico
culturalContext Mexican colonial religious architecture
pre-Hispanic archaeological landscape
dedicatedTo Our Lady of Remedies
function parish church
pilgrimage site
hasFeature altarpieces
bell towers
dome
gold-leaf decoration
pilgrimage stairway
single nave
tile-covered dome
hasViewOf Iztaccíhuatl
surface form: Iztaccíhuatl volcano

Puebla Valley
surface form: Valley of Puebla
heritage Spanish colonial
locatedIn Central Mexico
Cholula
Puebla
Puebla
surface form: Puebla state
locatedOn Tlachihualtepetl
locatedOnTopOf Great Pyramid of Cholula
material masonry
municipality San Pedro Cholula
notableFor blend of Spanish and indigenous heritage
location on top of the largest pyramid by volume in the world
panoramic views
overlooks San Andrés Cholula
surface form: Cholula

Popocatépetl
surface form: Popocatépetl volcano
partOf archaeological zone of Cholula
surface form: Cholula archaeological zone
region Angelópolis area
surface form: Angelópolis region
religion Roman Catholicism
significance symbol of syncretism between pre-Hispanic and Catholic traditions
tourism major tourist attraction in Puebla
usedFor Marian celebrations
Mass
religious festivals

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Cholula hasLandmark Nuestra Señora de los Remedios Church
Great Pyramid of Cholula hasStructureOnTop Nuestra Señora de los Remedios Church
this entity surface form: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios
Tlachihualtepetl Pyramid hasTopStructure Nuestra Señora de los Remedios Church
this entity surface form: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios
Tlachihualtepetl overbuiltBy Nuestra Señora de los Remedios Church
this entity surface form: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios
San Andrés Cholula hasReligiousSite Nuestra Señora de los Remedios Church
this entity surface form: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios