Colegio de San Ignacio (Las Vizcainas), bult in the 18th c., Mexico City, Mexico – Vintage Wall Art
![Colegio de San Ignacio (Las Vizcainas), bult in the 18th c., Mexico City, Mexico, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/21/2140f24ca328-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Colegio de San Ignacio (Las Vizcainas), bult in the 18th c., Mexico City, Mexico, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Colegio de San Ignacio (Las Vizcainas), bult in the 18th c., Mexico City, Mexico
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The doorways and architectural details on this card point to the Colegio de San Ignacio de Loyola, better known as Las Vizcaínas, a building in central Mexico City raised in the 18th century. A society of Basque merchants founded the school to house and educate girls and young women, many of them orphans or from families of Basque origin. Its carved entrances and masonry reflect the Baroque style that shaped much of the city's religious and institutional architecture in that period. The enclosed, convent-like complex remains one of the best-known colonial-era institutions still standing in the capital.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Universities; Mex.--Mexico City; Doorways; Arch.--Details; Convents...--Mex.; AHC Cat; Churches--Mex.; Geogr.; Architecture; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,155 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-140214 |
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