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MXGDL024

MEXICO: Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara

Brief Description:
In the early years of the 19th century the Hospicio was built in Guadalajara to provide care and shelter for the disadvantaged - orphans, old people, the handicapped, and chronic invalids. This remarkable complex, which incorporates many original features designed to ease the life of its inmates, was unique for its time. In the early 20th century its chapel was decorated with a series of superb paintings from the hand of José Clemente Orozco, one of the great Mexican muralists of the period.

Source: UNESCO World Heritage Committee

 

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