Tiles, Catedral Nuestra Senora de la Encarnacion

Mudejar style tiles from Triana in Spain on the walls of the Chapel of Santa Ana or the Bishop of Bastidas, built 1535-40 by Master Rodrigo de Liendo, by order of the Dean Rodrigo de Bastidas, in the Catedral Nuestra Senora de la Encarnacion, or the Basilica Cathedral of Santa Maria la Menor, dedicated to St Mary of the Incarnation, built 1514-35 in Renaissance and Gothic style, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The cathedral is also known as the Catedral Primada de America as it is the oldest cathedral in the Americas. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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13440189

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45126238

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7087px x 4724px (15.7MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen