Mexican Gothic

Whenever I traveled along Cuauhtémoc Avenue on the Metrobus, I would see a church in neo-Gothic style that seemed out of place in Mexico City.  It looked like something plucked out of medieval Europe.  Last week I was walking down the avenue and had a chance to take a closer look at the church.  It is called the "Parroquía de Nuestra Señora de los Misterios" (the Parish Church of Our Lady of the Mysteries).

The door was open, so I went inside.  The interior is also done in Gothic style.

On either side there are stained glass windows.  Given the name of the church, it is not surprising that they portray the "mysteries of the rosary", events from the Bible upon which one is supposed to meditate while saying the rosary.

I assumed that the church was of relatively modern construction... first because its style is nothing like the churches of the colonial era, and secondly because its neighborhood, Roma Norte, was not developed until the beginning of the 20th century.  Later I did some research on the church, and, indeed, construction began in 1914 during the Mexican Revolution.  The church was completed in 1943 with the addition of the bells in the spires.