Aguascalientes Cathedral

Aguascalientes Cathedral features a Salomonic Baroque facade and was constructed from 1704 to 1738 under the successive sponsorship of Fathers Antonio Flores de Acevedo, Juan de Larrea, Miguel Mauza de Zuñiga, and Manuel Colon de Larreategui. Its master builders were Juan García, Joaquín Rodríguez, and Manuel El Rigo. The first tower was completed in 1764 and the second tower in 1948. It has served as the headquarters of the Diocese since 1899 and was elevated to the rank of Minor Basilica by Pius XII in 1949.

Aguascalientes · Mexico