{"id":6567,"date":"2018-11-28T07:38:16","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T13:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitpatzcuaro.com\/item\/iglesia-de-santiago-apostol\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T16:53:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T22:53:26","slug":"iglesia-de-santiago-apostol","status":"publish","type":"citadela-item","link":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/item\/iglesia-de-santiago-apostol\/","title":{"rendered":"Temple of Saint James the Apostle (Capula)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"servicios\" class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 padding-horiz-15\">\n<div class=\"descripcion-ficha\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"4\">Located in the Dolores neighborhood, this church is a living testament to the legacy of <a href=\"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/don-vasco-de-quiroga\/\">Don Vasco de Quiroga<\/a> in Capula. Quiroga, who assigned the inhabitants the <b>pottery and woodworking industry<\/b>, les entreg\u00f3 a <b>Saint James the Apostle<\/b> as patron of the community.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"5\">History and Architecture<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"6\" class=\"translation-block\">Built in the 16th century in a sober colonial style, the church is a place of great cultural importance. Its structure reflects the Spanish influence in the region. A fascinating detail of its fa\u00e7ade is the medallions that decorate the portal, which apparently represent the founding saints of the various religious orders that arrived in Michoac\u00e1n: Franciscans, Augustinians, Jesuits, and Dominicans. The current tower was a later addition, erected at the end of the 19th century.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"7\">Inner Treasures<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"8\" class=\"translation-block\">The interior of the temple is majestic and serene, with beautiful altars, religious paintings, and a well-preserved sacristy. One of the most remarkable elements is a Christ figure found in the church, which, when discovered during excavations, displays indigenous features\u2014a powerful symbol of the region's cultural syncretism.<\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"9\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p data-path-to-node=\"9,0,0\" class=\"translation-block\"><b>Patron Saint and Feast:<\/b> Every <b>July 25th<\/b>, the town comes together to celebrate with great devotion its patron saint, Saint James the Apostle.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"9,1,0\" class=\"translation-block\"><b>Key Fact:<\/b> Visiting this temple allows one to understand how the legacy of Vasco de Quiroga linked the Christian faith with the productive development of the Pur\u00e9pecha Plateau.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ubicada en el Barrio de Dolores, esta iglesia es el testamento vivo del legado de Don Vasco de Quiroga en Capula. Quiroga, quien asign\u00f3 a los habitantes la industria de la alfarer\u00eda y el corte de madera, les entreg\u00f3 a Santiago Ap\u00f3stol como patrono de la comunidad. Historia y Arquitectura Construido en el siglo XVI [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6568,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","citadela-item-category":[394],"citadela-item-location":[412],"class_list":["post-6567","citadela-item","type-citadela-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","citadela-item-category-alrededores","citadela-item-location-capula"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/6567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/citadela-item"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/6567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"citadela-item-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item-category?post=6567"},{"taxonomy":"citadela-item-location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item-location?post=6567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}