Abstract
In 1628 archbishop Francisco de Manso y Zuniga, proposed the construction of vaults for the unfinished Mexico City Cathedral. He counted on the experience of the architect Juan Gomez de Trasmonte, who proposed a system of barrel vaults with lunettes for the central nave and sail vaults for the side aisles. Moreover, Gomez proposed three possible technical solutions for the use of different stone types: chiluca, los Remedios and tezontle. The following year serious flooding and its consequences delayed the execution of these works, but the 1628 plans would seem to be at the origin of the vaults extant today in the three naves of the Cathedral.
Highlights
In 1628 archbishop Francisco de Manso y Zúñiga, proposed the construction of vaults for the unfinished Mexico City Cathedral. He counted on the experience of the architect Juan Gómez de Trasmonte, who proposed a system of barrel vaults with lunettes for the central nave and sail vaults for the side aisles
The following year serious flooding and its consequences delayed the execution of these works, but the 1628 plans would seem to be at the origin of the vaults extant today in the three naves of the Cathedral
El arquitecto alega que, tiene “de inconveniente que en mucho tiempo y con grande costa no podrá acabarse, porque cada carretada desta piedra cuesta por mas de veinte pesos”26, añadiendo a la carestía del material, que “viene a ser obra muy pesada para el suelo de Mexico”, como ya largamente había existido ocasión de comprobar en el transcurso de la elevación de los pilares y muros, sobre cimientos que apoyaban en el subsuelo cenagoso
Summary
In 1628 archbishop Francisco de Manso y Zúñiga, proposed the construction of vaults for the unfinished Mexico City Cathedral.
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