Hospicio Cabañas in Guadalajara
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The Hospicio Cabañas or Museum Cabañas in
Guadalajara ,
Jalisco was one of the oldest and largest orphanage and hospital complexes in the
Americas . Now turned into a museum, the main hall hosts the magnum opus frescoes of muralist painter
José Clemente Orozco . The place was designated a
UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. The complex was founded in 1791 by the
Bishop of Guadalajara in order to combine the functions of a
workhouse ,
hospital ,
orphanage , and
almshouse . It owes its name to Juan Ruiz de Cabañas who was appointed to the
see of Guadalajara in 1796 and engaged
Manuel Tolsá , a renowned architect from
Mexico City , to design the structure.
Tolsá’s design was based on classic examples such as Les Invalides in Paris and El Escorial near Madrid . The buildings form a rectangle measuring 164 by 145 metres (538 by 476 ft). These are single-storey structures which are 7.5 metres (25 ft) in height. The chapel is twice as high and has a dome rising to 32.5 metres (107 ft). The complex is erected on one level, “so as to facilitate the movement of the sick, the aged, and children.”
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Following the death of Cabañas in 1823, construction continued until 1829. Although it served for a time as barracks in the mid-19th century, the hospital lasted well into the 20th century and continued to function until 1980, when the Cabañas Cultural Institute, with affiliated schools for arts and crafts, moved in. The highlight of the interior decoration is a series of monumental frescoes by
José Clemente Orozco , including one of his most famed creations, the allegory of
The Man of Fire (1936–39).
Hospicio Cabaña was made a
Unesco World Heritage site in 1997. Funded through a collaboration by the Cabañas Institute, Jalisco’s cultural ministry and the Hilario Galguera Gallery in 2014, French conceptual artist
Daniel Buren created a series of site-specific works in 18 of the 23 courtyards, with cloister columns wrapped in geometric patterns, vaults painted in bright hues and mirrored structures built to create distorted views of familiar surroundings. The sculptures
La sala de los magos and
Los magos universales by
Alejandro Colunga are installed outside the building.
Read more on
Museo Cabañas ,
UNESCO.org – Hospicio Cabañas and
Wikipedia Hospicio Cabañas . Learn more about the
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