Day 4867: A Revisit: The Temple of Quechula & A People's Hero

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A Repeat from Day #1188 on October 27, 2915

When looking at local news, I branched out and found

these are amazing, compelling photos.

all photos by David von Blohn

The remains of a mid-16th century church known as ...

the Temple of Santiago, as well as the Temple of Quechula, 

is now visible from the surface of the Grijalva River.

 

Located in Chiapas, Mexico, the city was of strategic importance because it laid on the El Camino Real, a road that connected many important settlements in central Mexico.

The church in the Quechula locality was built by a group of monks headed by Friar Bartolome de la Casas, who arrived in the region inhabited by the Zoque people in the mid-16th century.

The church is 61 meters (183 feet) long and 14 meters (42 feet) wide, with walls rising 10 meters (30 feet). The bell tower reaches 16 meters (48 feet) above the ground.

The remains of this 16th century church emerged from the surface of the Grijalva River as the current water levels in the Nezahualcoyotl reservoir have dropped.

A drought this year has hit the watershed of the Grijalva river, dropping the water level in the Nezahualcoyotl reservoir by 25 meters (82 feet). It is the second time a drop in the reservoir has revealed the church since the dam was completed in 1966. In 2002, the water was so low visitors could walk inside the church.

 

"The church was abandoned due the big plagues of 1773-1776," said architect Carlos Navarete, who worked with Mexican authorities on a report about the structure. "It was a church built thinking that this could be a great population center, but it never achieved that," 

Navarrete said. "It probably never even had a dedicated priest, 

only receiving visits from those from Tecpatan."

TMI? If so, I apologize, but something about these photo so appealed to me. You can read the entire article which I have used here.

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