28.30m (height of facade to the top of the image of La Purisma)
Number of towers
2
Tower height
40.40m (132.54 ft)
Materials
Stone
The Parroquia de Santa Prisca y San Sebastían, commonly known as the Church of Santa Prisca, is a colonial monument located in the city of Taxco de Alarcón, in the southern state of Guerrero, Mexico, built between 1751 and 1759. It is located on the east side of the main plaza of Taxco.[1]
The construction was ordered by José de la Borda, one of the most prosperous mine owners of the region of Taxco in the 18th century. From 1758 to 1806, the temple was the tallest building in Mexico, but was surpassed by the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in San Luis Potosí City. The Church of Santa Prisca considered one of the best of New Spanish Churrigueresque.[2]
^"El brillo de Taxco". Mexico Desconocido Guerrero el Destino del Mundo (in Spanish). 135. Mexico City: Grupo Editorial Impresiones Aéreas: 77–84. May 2007. ISSN 0188-5146.
^Laura Pérez Rosales (1996). Minería y sociedad en Taxco durante el siglo XVIII. Universidad Iberoamericana. p. 15. ISBN 9688592641.
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