Santo Domingo Cathedral

Santo Domingo Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church. In the Cathedral of Santo Domingo collected a huge collection of colonial art of Mexico: religious relics and artifacts. The building of the cathedral was erected for about a hundred years. Its construction was completed in 1654. The foundation of the Cathedral of Santo Domingo has the form of a regular Latin cross. The cathedral is made of stone in Renaissance style. There are two altars in the cathedral. They are at the front of the church. One is made of alder, the other is made of cedar wood. Both altars have silver cramping.

Santo Domingo Cathedral has several towers. They have bells weighing up to six thousand kilograms. Bells for the Cathedral of Santo Domingo were cast in the late seventeenth century. The walls of Santo Domingo Cathedral are richly decorated inside. In the XVIII century they were painted by Marcos Zapata. In the Cathedral of Santo Domingo come not only locals, but also guests of the country.