Capilla del Rosario

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Capilla del Rosario is an ornate Baroque chapel in Puebla, Mexico, renowned for its lavish gold-covered interior and status as a masterpiece of New Spanish religious art.


Statements (42)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque architecture
Roman Catholic religious building
chapel
architecturalStyle Baroque
artHistoricalPeriod New Spanish Baroque
associatedWith Dominican Order
category Baroque architecture in Mexico
Buildings and structures in Puebla City
Catholic chapels in Mexico
New Spanish art
country Mexico
culturalContext New Spain
dedicatedTo Our Lady of the Rosary
denomination Dominican
function Rosary chapel
hasArtStyle Baroque altarpieces
Baroque ceiling decoration
hasDevotion Holy Rosary
Virgin Mary
hasLanguageOfLiturgy Spanish
hasMaterial gold leaf
stone
stucco
heritageDesignation Masterpiece of New Spanish religious art
heritageStatus important colonial religious monument in Mexico
interiorDecoration gold leaf
polychrome sculpture
stucco reliefs
locatedIn Historic centre of Puebla
Puebla City NERFINISHED
Puebla metropolitan area
State of Puebla
locatedInBuilding Santo Domingo Church, Puebla
notableFor extensive use of gilded stucco
lavish gold-covered interior
ornate Baroque decoration
partOf Templo de Santo Domingo (Puebla)
region Central Mexico
religion Roman Catholicism
touristAttraction yes
use place of worship
site of Marian devotion

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza
hasCulturalAttraction
Puebla
hasLandmark

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