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Why is the Chapel of Pocito in Guadalupe an unusual example of colonial Baroque architecture?
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The voyages of Christopher Columbus.
The Chapel of Pocito in Guadalupe, designed by Francisco Guerrero y Torres, is an unusual example of colonial Baroque architecture because it departs from the standard regional practice of limiting Baroque influence to planar decorative treatments on facades or interiors.1
Instead, the chapel features a complex interweaving of Baroque spaces that mirrors the work of the Italian architect Francesco Borromini. While most colonial buildings in Mexico and Peru maintained rectilinear spaces defined by Renaissance and Mannerist traditions, the Chapel of Pocito is a rare instance where the structural geometry itself adopts the curvilinear complexity characteristic of the European Baroque.1