Templo de Santa María de Gracia

Guadalajara


A block northeast of Plaza de la Liberación is the Templo de Santa María de Gracia, with a rather rough and austere interior; it was built as part of a convent in 1661. It stands in the location of the city’s first cathedral (1549–1618).


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