"San Xavier del Bac"

Photographed in Arizona in June of 2002. The Mission San Xavier del Bac, in Tucson, demonstrates how the Baroque styling of Old World Spain met with the materials and designs of the New World southwest. Completed in 1797, it's described on its official website as "a graceful blend of Moorish, Byzantine and late Mexican Renaissance architecture".




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