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The Corpus Christi Church is a former church on
Avenida Juárez Avenida Juárez is a street in the Historic Center of Mexico City flanking the south side of the centuries-old Alameda Central park. Originally each block had a different name: *Calle de la Puente de San Francisco between San Juan de Letrán ...
in the
Historic center of Mexico City The historic center of Mexico City ( es, Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México), also known as the Centro or Centro Histórico, is the central neighborhood in Mexico City, Mexico, focused on Zócalo or main plaza and extending in all directio ...
. It is the only remaining part of the Convent of Corpus Christi, founded in 1724 for Indian women and which was closed as part of the
Reform Laws The Reform War, or War of Reform ( es, Guerra de Reforma), also known as the Three Years' War ( es, Guerra de los Tres Años), was a civil war in Mexico lasting from January 11, 1858 to January 11, 1861, fought between liberals and conservativ ...
. The architect of the baroque structure was
Pedro de Arrieta Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for '' Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning ...
who also designed the Palace of the Inquisition and the
Church of San Felipe Neri "La Profesa" The Church of San Felipe Neri, commonly known as "La Profesa" ( en, the Professed house), is a Roman Catholic parish church that was established by the Society of Jesus late in the 16th century as the church of a community of professed Jesuits. T ...
. The church was damaged during the 1985 earthquake and it was restored.


See also

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List of colonial churches in Mexico City This is a list of the preserved Colonial churches in Mexico City, the capital of Mexico. Aside from being a notable city in colonial times, the city grew in the 20th century enormously in terms of population, adhering to over a hundred of subur ...
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Catholic Church in Mexico , native_name_lang = , image = Catedral_de_México.jpg , imagewidth = 250px , alt = , caption = The Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral. , abbreviation = , type = ...


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