My 5 Photos

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The Monument to the Peace is a beautiful sculpture located in front of the Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guanajuato. This sculpture decorates the Plaza Principal of the city that is also known as Plaza de La Paz. In the base of the art work, it can be appreciated a message that says “EL ESTADO DE GUANAJUATO A LA PAZ.” Its total cost was $27,619 pesos with 93 cents. It was inaugurated by the president Porfirio Diaz on October 27^th in 1903. It shows emphasis in the woman that represents peace because its body is much larger than the little angels that decorate the base of the structure.

The Expiatorio in San Miguel de Allende is just amazing. I like it because of the gothic architecture on its facade. It has the pointed arches that are characteristic of gothic art in the outside, but inside it is said that the style becomes baroque wich is a little strange but gives variety to the building. We can see movement in the façade of the temple and also emphasis on the principal tower that is in the middle and grows higher than the other towers.

This is a campanile located next to the Expiatorio in San Miguel de Allende. Once again, it shows gothic architecture by using pointed arches. I think it is extraordinary how symmetry was used in this architectural art work. This campanile has some low relief details, and columns to decorate the building and make it more stylish. It is very well-proportioned because it has the same length and width on each of the sides, creating a cubic structure that grows higher as the width diminishes little by little.

The Basilica of Nuestra Señora de Guanajuato is the principal temple of this city. I think it has variety on the decorative elements that it has on the roof such as the dome, which also has emphasis. The building also shows movement and rhythm.

The Temple of San Cayetano de Valenciana was built with a Churrigueresque style that shows emphasis on the middle part of the facade where it also uses high relief in order to make more stylish and decorative.