Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1884 — The Cathedral in Mexico. [ARTICLE]

The Cathedral in Mexico.

The great cathedral in the City of Mexico is the largest in America, and cost nearly $2,000,000. It was commenced by the Spaniards in 1573, on the site of the old Aztec temple, or pyramid, and finished in 1607. Its facade is beautifully carved. Against its western wall leans the celebrated Calendar Stone, covered with hieroglyphics and weighing twenty-five tons. Its cast, which the Mexican government,is at present engaged in taking, will be exhibited at the New Orleans Exposition. Within the cathedral are a number of paintings, some of them said to be the work of Murillo.