(image from http://www.planetware.com/photos/MEX/MXMC15.HTM)
The Old Basilica of Guadalupe
(image from http://www.planetware.com/photos/MEX/MXMC15.HTM)
The Arras tokens which show a church (design 02) and (design 03) often are crudely drawn with strange perspective, but I'm pretty sure that at least some of them depict the old Basilica of Guadalupe (above).
The New Basilica of Guadalupe replaced
the Ancient Basilica (Basilica Antigua) that had housed the Image of the Virgin
of Guadalupe for 267 years; built on the lake, the Ancient Basilica sank incrementally
and began leaning as a result of its massive weight and Mexico city's frequent
tremors. The older Basilica is characterized by its doric interior architecture
and marble statues of Juan Diego and Fr. Juan de Zumarraga, the first bishop
of Mexico City.
(from http://www.archdiocese-chgo.org/hispanic/sites.htm)
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