Editing Guadalajara (section)

=== Architecture ===

The style of architecture prevalent in Europe during the founding of Guadalajara is paralleled in the city's colonial buildings. The Metropolitan Cathedral and Teatro Degollado are the purest examples of neoclassical architecture. The historical center hosts religious and civil colonial buildings, which are noted for their architectural and historical significance and are a rich mix of styles that are rooted in indigenous cultural contributions (mainly from Ute origin), incorporated in the Mozarabic and castizo, and later in modern European influences (mainly French and Italian) and American (specifically, from the United States).

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Guadalajara's historical center has an assortment of museums, theaters, galleries, libraries, auditoriums and concert halls, particular mention may be made to Former Hospice Cabañas (which dates from the 18th century), the [[Teatro Degollado]] (considered the oldest opera house in Mexico), the [[Teatro Galerías]] and the [[Teatro Diana]]. The [[Former Hocpice Cabañas]], which is home to some of the paintings (murals and easel) by [[José Clemente Orozco]], was declared a [[World Heritage Site]] by [[UNESCO]] in 1997. Among the many structures of beauty is the International Headquarters Temple of {{lang|es|La Luz del Mundo|italic=no}} in Colonia Hermosa Provincia, which is the largest in Latin America.

During the Porfiriato the French style invaded the city because of the passion of former president [[Porfirio Díaz]] in the trends of French style, also Italian architects were responsible for shaping the [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] structures that were built in the city. The passage of time reflected different trends from the [[baroque]] to [[churrigueresque]], Gothic and [[neoclassical architecture|neoclassical]] pure.
[[File:Rising to the blue sky III..JPG|thumb|270x270px|San Felipe de Neri Church]]
The French-inspired "Lafayette" neighborhood has many fine examples of early 20th-century residences that were later converted into boutiques and restaurants.

Even the architectural lines typical of the decades of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s the Art Deco and bold lines of postmodern architects of the time. Architectural styles found in the city include [[Baroque architecture|Baroque]], Viceregal, [[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassical]], [[Modern architecture|Modern]], [[Eclecticism in architecture|Eclectic]], [[Art Deco]] and [[Gothic Revival architecture|Neo-Gothic]].

The modern architecture of Guadalajara has numerous figures of different architectural production from the neo-regionalism to the primitiveness of the 1960s, and the brutalism of the 1970s. Some of these architects are: {{interlanguage link|Rafael Urzúa|es}}, [[Luis Barragán]], [[Ignacio Díaz Morales]], [[Pedro Castellanos]], {{interlanguage link|Erich Coufal Kieswetter|es}}, [[Julio de la Peña]], [[Eduardo Ibáñez Valencia]], [[Félix Aceves Ortega]].