#religioussite #culture #visited ## Review Franciscan convent dedicated to San Antonio de Padua in [[Izamal]], featuring a large atrium surrounded by four chapels. The atrium is the second largest closed atrium in the world after St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. Beautiful and serene up top, though with mixed feelings due to the [history of Inquisitions and torture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_de_Landa) perpetrated by the same Franciscans (especially Diego de Landa) on the Maya and the [destruction of the vast majority of Mayan texts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_codices) during the same period. ## Photos  *(August 26, 2023) The atrium of the San Antonio de Padua Convent, [[Izamal]].* <small><a href="Photography/Canon/EOS R3.md" class="internal-link">Canon EOS R3</a>, <a href="Photography/Canon/EF24-70mm f2.8L II USM.md" class="internal-link">EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM</a> @ 35mm, f/7.1, 1/320s</small>  *(August 26, 2023) The rear side of the San Antonio de Padua Convent, [[Izamal]].* <small><a href="Photography/Canon/EOS R3.md" class="internal-link">Canon EOS R3</a>, <a href="Photography/Canon/EF24-70mm f2.8L II USM.md" class="internal-link">EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM</a> @ 70mm, f/6.3, 1/250s</small>