Butler, Sara (Aston) · New York, Cincinnati, The Abingdon press · leaf 215
ng. The two flyingbuttresses of stone, with their grotesquegargoyles, extend out over this pavement atthe corner where rises a tower of Orientaldesign which, with the dome, are as Tres-querras left them. It is generally believedthat the enormous expense of the tower, dome,and cloisters was all… … SANTA CLARA CHURCH, QUERETARO reredos are a mass of gilt ornaments, and thereare many huge sculptured figures, fine paint-ings, rich wood carvings, and grilled bal- 2IO HISTORIC CHURCHES IN MEXICO conies. In former years the Mother Superiorand the nuns occupied these screened balco-nies, where they…
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