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Tour
Cusarare Mission, Cusarare Waterfall and Loyola museum
Duration: 4 hours
Route distance: 50 Km
Minimum 4 people
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The name Cusarare means "Place of the Eagles"
in the Tarahumara language.
Loyola Museum In the little church that was built about 1733 twelve large paintings of the life of Mary were discovered. They were removed when the church was undergoing major repairs in 1967. Now, over 30 years later, they were completely restored by professional European restorers and have been returned to their owners, the Tarahumara Indians of northwestern Mexico. A new museum has been constructed to house the paintings, and is located next to the church. It was constructed by tarahumara´s hands, they used stones, adobe and they molded beams with axes. It host 45 paintings of XVI, XVII and XVIII centuries, they are real sacred art.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 11 June 2009 12:04 |
