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Inscripción en la guarda: "MARTINE CHOMEL", "832786", "6/B/5", I.O. en la postal con fotografía estereoscópica del lado izquierdo se lee: "Keystone View Company", "COPYRIGHTED", "Manufacturers MADE IN U.S.A. Publishers", del lado derecho: "Meadville, Pa., New York , N.Y., Chicago, Ill., London, England.". Arriba al centro lleva el número "92" y abajo, "16185 Carved Pulpit of Taxco Church, Guerrero, Mex.". En el reverso de la postal dice: "16185 CARVED PULPIT OF TAXCO CHURCH", fragmentos del texto original; "It has been said that there are eleven thousand churches in Mexico. The Christian religion was brought here just 25 years after columbus discovered the new world and the early Spaniards prided themselves on their support of the church. A goodly share of all the gold and silver taken from the mines was donated to the church and many of them were built as thank offerings. The two finest examples of these churches know as "mining churches" are the Valenciana Church. This is the pulpit of the Taxco church. In adition , there are two confessionals of dark wood richly carved in the churrigueresque style. The interior is exceedingly rich. The mural decorations impart a sense of unity, having been done by one artist, Miguel Cabrera, who was the most popular painter of his time. The sacristy is a magnificent room. Here again are paintings by Cabrera. There are carved tables, chairs, heavy gold ornamentation for the two pairs of mirrors, and here is kept a vestment in which threads of gold were used in the making." Nota: El templo de Santa Prisca se encuentra en el poblado de Taxco de Alarcón, se construyó entre los años 1751 y 1758, su construcción se debe al minero catalán José de la Borda, quién fuera uno de los más prósperos de la región. El diseño arquitectónico estuvo a cargo del arquitecto francés Diego Durán y el español Cayetano Sigüenza. Los retablos son obra de los españoles Isidro Vicente y Luis de Balbás. Referencias: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_de_Santa_Prisca_(Taxco_de_Alarc%C3%B3n) consulta: 22/07/09.