Choir Loft and Ceiling Panels
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Side Altar of the Virgin of the Immaculate ConceptionGilded Altarpiece Honoring St. FrancisChurch of San FranciscoSide Altar of the Virgin MaryMain Altarpiece with St. Francis and St. AnthonyMain AltarpieceCentral AltarpieceChoir Loft and Ceiling Panels

Choir Loft and Ceiling Panels

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This intricately carved and gilded choir loft (17th c.) overlooks the nave. Supported by a ceiling of coffered panels in the Mudéjar tradition, it housed musicians and singers during mass. The visual harmony of latticework, chandeliers, and wood beams evokes the fusion of Moorish, Spanish, and Andean influences in colonial sacred art.