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Convento de San Antonio in Izamal

Convento de San Antonio in Izamal

Izamal

September 19, 2007

The large convent in Izamal. Like most large Catholic structures in the Yucatan, it was constructed over and from Mayan Pyramids. It was built between 1554 and 1618 and its large courtyard-like atrium is said to be second only in size to the Vatican.

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