Mexico City History Architecture Art - Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso CDMX

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Mexico City History Architecture Art - Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso CDMX Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso by Elisa Vargaslugo, José Rogelio Álvarez Noguera, María del Consuelo Maquívar, and Alicia Azuela. A lavishly illustrated scholarly study of one of Mexico's most important historic buildings, the Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso in the heart of Mexico City's Centro Histórico. Published under the auspices of Nacional Financiera, this substantial volume explores the architectural, artistic, religious, educational, and cultural history of an institution that played a central role in the intellectual development of New Spain and modern Mexico. Founded during the colonial era by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), the Colegio de San Ildefonso became one of the most prestigious educational institutions in the Viceroyalty of New Spain. The complex witnessed the rule of Spanish Habsburg and Bourbon monarchs, the Bourbon Reforms, the expulsion of the Jesuits in 1767 under King Charles III, the Mexican War of Independence, the Reform era of Benito Juárez, the French Intervention, the Porfiriato, the Mexican Revolution, and the emergence of modern Mexico. The book examines the evolution of the "Real y Más Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso," its magnificent colonial architecture, cloisters, courtyards, chapels, and ceremonial spaces. Special attention is devoted to the Generalito choir stalls (La Sillería del Generalito), among the finest surviving examples of colonial woodcarving in

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