Nuestra Señora de los Remedios Church

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Nuestra Señora de los Remedios Church is a colonial-era Catholic sanctuary dramatically perched atop the Great Pyramid of Cholula in Puebla, Mexico, blending Spanish religious architecture with a pre-Hispanic archaeological site.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic church ⓘ
Roman Catholic Marian shrine ⓘ
sanctuary ⓘ
architecturalStyle Baroque ⓘ
colonial ⓘ
associatedWith Great Pyramid of Cholula ⓘ
Marian devotions in Mexico ⓘ
builtAfter Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire ⓘ
builtBy Spanish colonists ⓘ
constructionStart 16th century ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
culturalContext Mexican colonial religious architecture ⓘ
pre-Hispanic archaeological landscape ⓘ
dedicatedTo Our Lady of Remedies ⓘ
function parish church ⓘ
pilgrimage site ⓘ
hasFeature altarpieces ⓘ
bell towers ⓘ
dome ⓘ
gold-leaf decoration ⓘ
pilgrimage stairway ⓘ
single nave ⓘ
tile-covered dome ⓘ
hasViewOf Iztaccíhuatl volcano ⓘ
linked to: Iztaccíhuatl

Valley of Puebla ⓘ
linked to: Puebla Valley
heritage Spanish colonial ⓘ
locatedIn Central Mexico ⓘ
Cholula ⓘ
Puebla ⓘ
Puebla state ⓘ
linked to: Puebla
locatedOn Tlachihualtepetl ⓘ
locatedOnTopOf Great Pyramid of Cholula ⓘ
material masonry ⓘ
municipality San Pedro Cholula ⓘ
notableFor blend of Spanish and indigenous heritage ⓘ
location on top of the largest pyramid by volume in the world ⓘ
panoramic views ⓘ
overlooks Cholula ⓘ
linked to: San Andrés Cholula

Popocatépetl volcano ⓘ
linked to: Popocatépetl
partOf Cholula archaeological zone ⓘ
region Angelópolis region ⓘ
linked to: Angelópolis area
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
significance symbol of syncretism between pre-Hispanic and Catholic traditions ⓘ
tourism major tourist attraction in Puebla ⓘ
usedFor Marian celebrations ⓘ
Mass ⓘ
religious festivals ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cholula → hasLandmark → Nuestra Señora de los Remedios Church ⓘ
Great Pyramid of Cholula → hasStructureOnTop → Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios ⓘ
linked to: Nuestra Señora de los Remedios Church
Tlachihualtepetl Pyramid → hasTopStructure → Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios ⓘ
linked to: Nuestra Señora de los Remedios Church
Tlachihualtepetl → overbuiltBy → Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios ⓘ
linked to: Nuestra Señora de los Remedios Church
San Andrés Cholula → hasReligiousSite → Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios ⓘ
linked to: Nuestra Señora de los Remedios Church
San Pedro Cholula municipality → contains → Nuestra Señora de los Remedios church ⓘ
linked to: Nuestra Señora de los Remedios Church