Church of San Andrés Xecul

Totonicapán · Guatemala

Church of San Andrés Xecul, Guatemala
Photo: Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

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The startling yellow facade of this highland church swarms with brightly painted saints, angels, vines, and climbing figures. Its folk-baroque decoration fuses Catholic and Maya symbolism.

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