Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (2)


Source: These images were taken during a mass by WTL at the Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe) in Tepeyac, México.
Comments: The image of the Virgen de Guadalupe (called la Guadalupana) is straight ahead behind the high altar (el altar mayor) just to our right of the foot of the cross (i.e., where Mary is said to have stood during the Crucifixion). Below la Guadalupana is a large draped Mexican flag. The interior architecture is very modern; construction materials are marble and wood in geometrical patterns. Hanging from the ceiling are large votive lights. Natural light enters this circular nave from stained glass windows and from the church's seven doorways. National flags from Latin America are hanging to the left as we are viewing the altar.