THE HEART OF GUADALAJARA

I was updating some images on A Notable Pause and stumbled into these interior shots of the main church in Mexico's second largest city - Guadalajara. Mexican churches have AMAZING, over the top (some might even say gaudy) interiors with gold gilding everywhere, life sized vignettes of gruesome trials that sent disciples on to sainthood and plenty of dramatic columns. At first I wasn't as moved by them as some of the European cathedrals I have visited but after a few visits, these extreme tributes to Catholicism wore off on me and now I drag V into every open church we walk by...
(So excited to see Scout & Catalogue on the sweet and lovely blog Fieldguided)