On our last visit to Rosario we finally took a few minutes to explore their famous Catholic church. The church was built by mine owners in this community in the late 1800s. Eventually they had to move the church to it's present location because the criss-crossing of mine shafts under the original location was weakening the church building!!
The church's back altar is covered with gold, again, a gift of the mine owners. Many guide books say that the altar was a gift from the miners themselves but one of the parishioners straightened me out on that one. He said the miners were far too poor to afford such a thing. He also said many guide books say the altar is solid gold, which it is not. Just layers of gold over wood. It is still a magnificent back altar, really beautiful.
In the courtyard of the church there is a large stone cross and opposite it is a large statue of Lola Beltran, one of Mexico's most famous singers who made Rosario her home. There is a Lola Beltran Museum here too.
For being a tiny little town, Rosario certainly has some interesting things!!
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