PÕNS ET SUMMA: THE EXPIATORY TEMPLE OF GUADALAJARA AS AN ARCHITECTURAL AND HISTORICAL MEXICAN SYNTHESIS
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El Templo Expiatorio de Guadalajara, México (1897-1972) es un símbolo de la segunda ciudad más poblada –y la más religiosa– del país. Su construcción ecléctica, obra de diferentes autores, es resultado directo de procesos políticos y culturales convulsos que, a su vez, han actuado como un puente ideológico nacional único. El templo es un símbolo de la transformación de un ideal religioso en una apropiación cívica; ha sido punto de contacto y de “cruce” convirtiéndose en un lugar de contacto social, interacción y aprovechamiento del espacio público. Su función como puente, surge de condiciones que van desde el planteamiento de una construcción monumental como justificación ideológica religiosa, hasta su papel de hito urbano, lugar de encuentro y parte de la memoria histórica de la ciudad. Hoy, este espacio es un catalizador de lo antiguo y lo moderno, elevándose como una Summa Mexicana, inseparable por su misma condición, de la evolución de la ciudad y sus habitantes.
The Guadalajara’s Expiatory Temple is a symbol of the second largest city of Mexico –and the most religious of the country–. Its eclectic architecture, designed by different authors, has been a result of turbulent political and cultural processes which, at the same time, have acted as a singular ideological bridge. The temple is a symbol of the transformation of a religious ideal in a civic ownership, it has been a point of contact and a “crossover”, becoming a place of social contact, interaction and public space. Its function as a bridge, arises from its conditions ranging from its role as a monumental building with a religious ideological justification, to its role as an urban landmark, meeting place and part of the historical memory of the city. Nowadays, this monumental religious space shines as a catalyst of the old and the new, rising like a Mexican Summa, inseparable from its condition, and from the evolution of the city and its inhabitants.
The Guadalajara’s Expiatory Temple is a symbol of the second largest city of Mexico –and the most religious of the country–. Its eclectic architecture, designed by different authors, has been a result of turbulent political and cultural processes which, at the same time, have acted as a singular ideological bridge. The temple is a symbol of the transformation of a religious ideal in a civic ownership, it has been a point of contact and a “crossover”, becoming a place of social contact, interaction and public space. Its function as a bridge, arises from its conditions ranging from its role as a monumental building with a religious ideological justification, to its role as an urban landmark, meeting place and part of the historical memory of the city. Nowadays, this monumental religious space shines as a catalyst of the old and the new, rising like a Mexican Summa, inseparable from its condition, and from the evolution of the city and its inhabitants.
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Arquitectura mexicana, arquitectura religiosa, eclecticismo, patrimonio, neogótico, Mexican architecture, religious architecture, eclecticism, heritage, neogothic
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