Mitla, Oaxaca
During pre-conquest times, Mitla was an important Zapotec religious center.  When the Spanish arrived, they built this church just behind the older complex, using stones taken from the original buildings at Mitla.  This photo shows one of the original temple buildings in the foreground, with the domes of the church immediately behind.

Photo borrowed from Oaxaca's Tourist Guide Web Site
 
 
 
 

Tule, Oaxaca
This tree, one of the oldest and largest in the Americas, was worshipped in pre-conquest times as an ancestor of the Mixtec people. The Spanish built the church of Santa Maria de Asuncion, as seen in this photo (dwarfed by the tree), to mark this sacred place as a site of Christian worship.

Photo borrowed from Oaxaca's Tourist Guide Web Site
 
 
 
 

Virgen de Guadalupe at Tepeyac
This image depicts the apparition of the Virgen de Guadalupe as she appeared to Juan Diego at Tepeyac hill, a sacred site of the Mexica mother-goddess Tonancin.
 

Image borrowed from the Performing Colonialism Web Site, Unit 3.