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RE: The church of San Agustín or San Francisco: An architectural jewel in Old Havana.[en/es]

It is undoubtedly an architectural work like few others. You know that before those designs were used as advertising methods to attract the faithful to the church, to give them a vision of heaven with all the paintings, sculptures, stained glass windows and so on.

In those days people were humble and uneducated, so seeing these things was like going to a 4k movie theater for them. So it is interesting to know why the church used these designs in all its buildings, something that is still maintained in relatively more modern buildings.

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How interesting what you say, I didn't know it, but it makes sense, it's like beautifying the path to God, and it also attracts parishioners.👍