16th Century Church Emerges from Mexican Reservoir Alberto Arce - The Associated Press
go to original October 17, 2015

A drought this year has hit the watershed of the Grijalva river, dropping the water level in the Nezahualcoyotl reservoir by 25 metres.

It is the second time a drop in the reservoir has revealed a colonial-era church since it was flooded when the dam was completed in 1966. In 2002, the water was so low visitors could walk inside the church.

The church in the Quechula locality was built by a group of monks headed by Friar Bartolome de la Casas, who arrived in the region inhabited by the Zoque people in the mid-16th century.

..."The church was abandoned due the big plagues of 1773-1776," said architect Carlos Navarete, who worked with Mexican authorities on a report about the structure.

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