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The Cathedral
Formerly a Franciscan Monastery, Cuernavaca's imposing Cathedral - la Catedral de la Asunción - is situated on the corner of Hidalgo and Morelos streets only a couple of blocks from the town square, or zócalo.
Mariachi masses are held at the Cathedral on Sundays at 11 a.m.
Construction of the Cathedral was begun in 1533 under the supervision of Cortez.
The courtyard includes an open chapel, from which the friars preached to the indigenous peoples and performed mass marriages. The open chapel was dedicated by the Spanish to Saint Joseph. Franciscan monastery.
Felipe de Jesus (Philip of Jesus), Mexico's first martyr and saint who was crucified in 1596, along with 26 other friars, by Japanese Emperor Hideyoshi, is memorialized in a series of Japanese-style frescos in the Cathedral, which were uncovered in 1950 during renovation work done in the 1960´s.
CUERNAVACA CATHEDRAL A shrine to San Felipe?
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