{"id":242857,"date":"2021-05-05T20:52:11","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T17:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/historic-mexican-church-rises-from-the-water-after-40-years\/"},"modified":"2021-05-05T20:52:11","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T17:52:11","slug":"historic-mexican-church-rises-from-the-water-after-40-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/historic-mexican-church-rises-from-the-water-after-40-years\/","title":{"rendered":"#Historic Mexican church rises from the water after 40 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Historic Mexican church rises from the water after 40 years<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A 19th-century church has risen from the waters of a central Mexican lake after being submerged for decades \u2014 the result of a recent drought that is plaguing the region.<\/p>\n<p>The Church of the Virgin of Dolores dis<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared in 1979 when the Purisima Dam was built and buried the colonial community of El Zangarro, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/news\/19th-century-church-rises-from-the-water-in-guanajuato\/\">Mexico News Daily said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOral history tells us that it was very difficult for them to leave the place, not just because of the buildings, but because of the sense of belonging to the place,\u201d said Dulce Vazquez, director of the local municipal archives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA few resisted until they saw it was already a reality that the water would arrive and cover the entire town,\u201d Vazquez told Mexico\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.milenio.com\/cultura\/sequia-guanajuato-descubren-iglesia-40-anos-agua\">Spanish-language Milenio newspaper<\/a>, which originally reported the story. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"A heavy drought in the region has exposed the church again.\" class=\"wp-image-18159116 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/mexico-drought-temple.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/mexico-drought-temple.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/mexico-drought-temple.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/mexico-drought-temple.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/mexico-drought-temple.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A heavy drought in the region has exposed the church again.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">EPA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But a recent drought that has plagued the city of Guanajuato and the surrounding area in recent months has brought the historic church back into the sunlight. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"731\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Virgen de los Dolores \" class=\"wp-image-18159133 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/mexico-drought-temple-004.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/mexico-drought-temple-004.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/mexico-drought-temple-004.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/mexico-drought-temple-004.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=731 731w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/mexico-drought-temple-004.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1462 1462w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 731px\"\/><figcaption>Virgen de los Dolores has been submerged since 1979.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">EPA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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