Aguascalientes Cathedral

Church in Aguascalientes, Mexico

Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption
Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción


Location	Aguascalientes
Country	Mexico
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church
History
Status	Cathedral, Minor basilica
Dedication	Assumption of Mary
Architecture
Architect(s)	Refugio Reyes Rivas (expansion)
Architectural type	New Spanish Baroque, Neoclassical
Groundbreaking	1704
Completed	1738
Administration
Diocese	Diocese of Aguascalientes
Clergy
Bishop(s)	José María de la Torre Martín

The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption^[1] (Spanish: Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción) Also Aguascalientes Cathedral^[2] It is the main Catholic building of the city of Aguascalientes^[3] in Mexico, and one of the emblematic monuments of the city. It is located in the Plaza de la Patria.

The construction of the current temple was initiated by the priest Antonio Flores de Acevedo in 1704, finishing the parish priest Manuel Colón de Larreátegui in 1738. The image of the Virgin of the Assumption was brought from Spain.

The construction consists of atrial bard composed of quarry pillars and trellis with lateral accesses and to the north a sundial on a pillar. Twin towers showing a neoclassical style on their curved pediments. The main front of the temple is in its entirety carved in pink quarry, which consists of three bodies and auction; In the first one the access is through an arch of half point with key of archangel; To the sides salomonic columns of vegetal reliefs and compound capital. In the lateral façades, the doorway of the accesses with a semicircular arch is highlighted, flanked by smooth columns that support entablature with broken fronton and florones at the sides.

References

^ Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption
^ Catedral de Aguascalientes [y su tesoro de arte sacro: situación, historia, características (in Spanish). Comisión Nacional de Arte Sacro. 1979-01-01.
^ Gutiérrez, José Antonio Gutiérrez (2007-01-01). Historia de la Iglesia católica en Aguascalientes (in Spanish). Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes. ISBN 9789686259810.