#PuertoRico … ” the restoration of the second oldest surviving Spanish church in the Americas, the San José Church (surpassed in age only by the oldest Spanish cathedral in the Americas, which is located in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) led by leading Puerto Rican architect Jorge Rigau.”
[Many thanks to Veerle Poupeye for bringing this item to our attention via Critical.Caribbean.Art.] Dánica Coto (AP) writes about the restoration of the second oldest surviving Spanish church in the Americas, the San José Church (surpassed in age only by the oldest Spanish cathedral in the Americas, which is located in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) led by leading Puerto Rican architect Jorge Rigau.
The construction worker stood on his tiptoes and tried to arrange a crown of thorns on a statue of Jesus while architect Jorge Rigau fired a flurry of directions from beneath the ladder. “Grab it like this and move it just a bit,” he said, motioning with his fingers. “Move it to the right, but don’t lower it.”
It was one of the final touches on a detailed restoration of the second oldest surviving Spanish church in the Americas, whose construction had begun by 1532 on land…
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