{"id":610,"date":"2021-08-15T23:18:28","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T03:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/?p=610"},"modified":"2021-08-15T23:18:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T03:18:28","slug":"basilica-of-our-lady-of-guadalupe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/2021\/08\/15\/basilica-of-our-lady-of-guadalupe\/","title":{"rendered":"Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/outoftown\/mexico\/cdmx\/villadeguadalupe\/basilicadesantamariadeguadalupe\/index.htm\">Bas&iacute;\u00adlica de Santa Mar&iacute;\u00ada de Guadalupe<\/a> is an incredible display that reminded me somewhat of visiting Vatican City. Guadalupe is the saint of the Americas and even if you have only a passing familiarity with Catholic culture, you will at least recognize the iconography:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/mexico\/cdmx\/villadeguadalupe\/basilicadesantamariadeguadalupe\/1108-14-21.jpg\" alt=\"Our Lady of Guadalupe Cloak, Bas&iacute;\u00adlica de Santa Mar&iacute;\u00ada de Guadalupe, Colonia Villa de Guadalupe, Mexico City\/Ciudad de M&eacute;xico, Mexico, August 14, 2021\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A moving walkway keeps things humming along:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/mexico\/cdmx\/villadeguadalupe\/basilicadesantamariadeguadalupe\/1208-14-21.jpg\" alt=\"Moving Walkway Under Our Lady of Guadalupe Cloak, Bas&iacute;\u00adlica de Santa Mar&iacute;\u00ada de Guadalupe, Colonia Villa de Guadalupe, Mexico City\/Ciudad de M&eacute;xico, Mexico, August 14, 2021\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The modern basilica dates to the 1970s:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/mexico\/cdmx\/villadeguadalupe\/basilicadesantamariadeguadalupe\/0708-14-21.jpg\" alt=\"Bas&iacute;\u00adlica de Santa Mar&iacute;\u00ada de Guadalupe, Colonia Villa de Guadalupe, Mexico City\/Ciudad de M&eacute;xico, Mexico, August 14, 2021\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/mexico\/cdmx\/villadeguadalupe\/basilicadesantamariadeguadalupe\/1708-14-21.jpg\" alt=\"Bas&iacute;\u00adlica de Santa Mar&iacute;\u00ada de Guadalupe, Colonia Villa de Guadalupe, Mexico City\/Ciudad de M&eacute;xico, Mexico, August 14, 2021\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/mexico\/cdmx\/villadeguadalupe\/basilicadesantamariadeguadalupe\/2408-14-21.jpg\" alt=\"Bas&iacute;\u00adlica de Santa Mar&iacute;\u00ada de Guadalupe, Colonia Villa de Guadalupe, Mexico City\/Ciudad de M&eacute;xico, Mexico, August 14, 2021\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The sprawling site contains beautiful works of architecture from previous eras:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/mexico\/cdmx\/villadeguadalupe\/basilicadesantamariadeguadalupe\/2008-14-21.jpg\" alt=\"Templo Expiratorio, Bas&iacute;\u00adlica de Santa Mar&iacute;\u00ada de Guadalupe, Colonia Villa de Guadalupe, Mexico City\/Ciudad de M&eacute;xico, Mexico, August 14, 2021\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/mexico\/cdmx\/villadeguadalupe\/basilicadesantamariadeguadalupe\/3308-14-21.jpg\" alt=\"Ex Parroquia de Indios and Capilla del Pocito, Bas&iacute;\u00adlica de Santa Mar&iacute;\u00ada de Guadalupe, Colonia Villa de Guadalupe, Mexico City\/Ciudad de M&eacute;xico, Mexico, August 14, 2021\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and even if you are oblivious to what is clearly a spiritual experience for those around you, you will at least appreciate the stunning views of the city from the perch of Iglesia del Cerrito on the hill above:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/mexico\/cdmx\/villadeguadalupe\/basilicadesantamariadeguadalupe\/4308-14-21.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs to Iglesia del Cerrito, Bas&iacute;\u00adlica de Santa Mar&iacute;\u00ada de Guadalupe, Colonia Villa de Guadalupe, Mexico City\/Ciudad de M&eacute;xico, Mexico, August 14, 2021\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/mexico\/cdmx\/villadeguadalupe\/basilicadesantamariadeguadalupe\/5008-14-21.jpg\" alt=\"View From Iglesia del Cerrito, Bas&iacute;\u00adlica de Santa Mar&iacute;\u00ada de Guadalupe, Colonia Villa de Guadalupe, Mexico City\/Ciudad de M&eacute;xico, Mexico, August 14, 2021\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/mexico\/cdmx\/villadeguadalupe\/basilicadesantamariadeguadalupe\/5708-14-21.jpg\" alt=\"View From Iglesia del Cerrito, Bas&iacute;\u00adlica de Santa Mar&iacute;\u00ada de Guadalupe, Colonia Villa de Guadalupe, Mexico City\/Ciudad de M&eacute;xico, Mexico, August 14, 2021\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/mexico\/cdmx\/villadeguadalupe\/basilicadesantamariadeguadalupe\/6608-14-21.jpg\" alt=\"View From Iglesia del Cerrito, Bas&iacute;\u00adlica de Santa Mar&iacute;\u00ada de Guadalupe, Colonia Villa de Guadalupe, Mexico City\/Ciudad de M&eacute;xico, Mexico, August 14, 2021\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bas&iacute;\u00adlica de Santa Mar&iacute;\u00ada de Guadalupe is an incredible display that reminded me somewhat of visiting Vatican City. Guadalupe is the saint of the Americas and even if you have only a passing familiarity with Catholic culture, you will at least recognize the iconography: A moving walkway keeps things humming along: The modern basilica [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-out_of_town"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":611,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610\/revisions\/611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}