Tula de Allende, Hidalgo, Mexico — The Central Highlands (North America)
The Atrium's Cross at Tula
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, June 2, 2018
1. The Atrium's Cross at Tula Marker
Cristo
Redentor del Mundo, esta expresado
en la cruz labrada en el crucero.
Los Doce Franciscanos
venidos a America en 1524, se simbolizan
en los casetones de los brazos y cabecera.
Los Diez Mandamientos
en el tronco de esta cruz, representa la
evangelización que trajo a Tula, en 1529
Fray Alonso de Rangel
Tula, Hgo., 19 de marzo de 1999
Christ, Redeemer of the World, is expressed in the carved cross in the atrium.
The Twelve Franciscans,
come to America in 1524, are symbolized by the designs on the arms and top of the cross.
The Ten Commandments,
represented on the trunk of the cross, represents the evangelization that
Friar Alonso de Rangel
brought to Tula in 1529.
Tula, Hidalgo, March 19, 1999
Erected 1999.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Churches & Religion • Colonial Era • Man-Made Features. A significant historical date for this entry is March 19, 1999.
Location.
this page online
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Building K (approx. 0.9 kilometers away); Ball Court 2 (approx. one kilometer away); Pyramid C and the Adoratory (approx. one kilometer away); The Wall of Skulls (approx. one kilometer away); Pyramid B (approx. one kilometer away); The Temple of Pyramid B (approx. one kilometer away); The Burnt Palace (approx. one kilometer away); El Coatepantli (Wall of Snakes) (approx. 1.1 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tula de Allende.
Regarding The Atrium's Cross at Tula. The marker mentions the Twelve Franciscans that came to Mexico in 1524. These were the first missionaries to what would one day be Mexico, arriving only three years after the initial arrival of Hernán Cortes.
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, June 2, 2018
2. The Atrium's Cross at Tula Marker
The marker is on the far right in this view of the cross mentioned in the marker text and the Cathedral of San José in the background.
Photographed By William Henry Jackson
3. Old Church at Tula
This photo, from some time between 1880 and 1897, is courtesy the Library of Congress.
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, June 2, 2018
4. An interior view of the Cathedral of San José at Tula
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, June 2, 2018
5. A side chapel at the cathedral dedicated to the Virgin of Guadalupe with a Mexican flag
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, June 2, 2018
6. A view of the cathedral's bell tower from an interior courtyard
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, June 2, 2018
7. The inscription of the Atrium's Cross at Tula
470 años
de la evangelizacion
en la Antigua
Mamenhi Tollan
Xicocotitlan
por los Franciscanos
Orden de Frailes
Menores
Tula, Hgo. 19 de marzo de 1998
470 years of evangelization of Mamenhi Tollan Xicocotitlán by the Franciscans of the Order of Friars Minor
Tula, Hidalgo, March 19, 1998
Credits. This page was last revised on June 12, 2018. It was originally submitted on June 8, 2018, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana. This page has been viewed 114 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 8, 2018, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana. 3. submitted on June 12, 2018, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana. 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on June 8, 2018, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.
