The Architectural and Material Conversion of the Old Parish Church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción into Aguascalientes Cathedral

Abstract

This research refers to the material history of the parish of Nuestra
Señora de la Asunción in the town of Aguascalientes, and its transformation
into a cathedral, at the beginning of the 20th century. The history
of the building records three stages. The first corresponds to the
New Spanish era, with the construction of the parish church between
1706 and 1738; the second to the 19th century, which was characterized
by the introduction of the neoclassical style in architecture and ornamentation;
and the third to the first decades of the 20th century, when
the project to adapt the old parish building in the cathedral was carried
out. The proposed review highlights the importance that the parish
had both in the New Spanish and the independent period, which
allowed the old parish building, properly transformed and appropriate,
to house the cathedral at the early 20th century.