🏛️Mexico City Cathedral: Where Aztec Gods Met the Spanish Inquisition

🇲🇽 This cathedral was literally built on Aztec blood. 🩸 They tore down Templo Mayor (their holiest site) to erect a Catholic beacon. 🌌 Cultural Clash 101: Aztecs: “Sure, we’ll worship your god too! 🙏 More gods = more blessings!” Catholics: “Nope. ONLY OUR GOD. 😡 Burn the temples!” 🎨 Baroque Bling vs. Indigenous Soul: Unlike sterile European churches, Latin America’s worship = statue mania! 🗿 Jodorowsky films nail this vibe! But the interior? Pure Habsburg excess! 💎 Gold altars, velvet drapes—the Church’s “conspicuous consumption” caused debt crises! 💸 (Cue Martin Luther’s “95 Theses” rage). 🏛️ Architectural Frankenstein: Built over 250 years ⏳ = Baroque-meets-Neoclassical mashup! 🎭 Dome? Bare geometry. 🔲 (Thank god—Vatican’s St. Peter’s is uglier). 💸 Colonial Irony: Spain stole Aztec gold 💰 → built gilded altars → forced indigenous conversion. Like… “I ate your lunch money, then shoved a pizza crust in your face.” 🍕🤬 #MexicoCity #CatedralMetropolitana #ColonialGoth 🌆