Stone arches shade the long courtyards, and the place is used often for offical functions (Obama attended one recently).
The night I was there, local beauties paraded in folkloric dress:
The famed Orozco murals, more aggressive than beautiful, depicting a hellish scene, line the domed ceilings of where the chapel used to be. Armed guards made me leave my camera at the entrance so I had to settle for a little video make surrepticiously, so sorry about the shaken footage...
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