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The Hospicio Cabañas in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, a World Heritage Site, is one of the oldest and largest hospital complexes in the Americas. The complex was founded in 1791 by the Bishop of Guadalajara in order to combine the functions of a workhouse, hospital, orphanage, and almshouse. It owes its name to Juan Ruiz de Cabañas who was appointed to the see of Guadalajara in 1796 and engaged Manuel Tolsá, a renowned architect from Mexico City, to design the structure. Tolsá's design was based on classic examples such as Les Invalides in Paris and El Escorial near Madrid. The buildings form a rectangle measuring . These are single-storey structures which are in height. The chapel is twice as high and has a dome rising to . The complex is erected on one level, "so as to facilitate the movement of the sick, the aged, and children."〔http://whc.unesco.org/archive/advisory_body_evaluation/815.pdf UNESCO ICOMOS evaluation of the property〕 Following the death of Cabañas in 1823, construction continued until 1829. Although it served for a time as barracks in the mid-19th century, the hospital lasted well into the 20th century and continued to function until 1980, when the Cabañas Cultural Institute, with affiliated schools for arts and crafts, moved in. The highlight of the interior decoration is a series of monumental frescoes by José Clemente Orozco, including one of his most famed creations, the allegory of ''The Man of Fire'' (1936–39). Hospicio Cabaña was made a Unesco World Heritage site in 1997.〔Laurie Rojas (March 19, 2014), (Daniel Buren transforms former hospice in Mexico into a maze of colour ) ''The Art Newspaper''.〕 Funded through a collaboration by the Cabañas Institute, Jalisco’s cultural ministry and the Hilario Galguera Gallery in 2014, French conceptual artist Daniel Buren created a series of site-specific works in 18 of the 23 courtyards, with cloister columns wrapped in geometric patterns, vaults painted in bright hues and mirrored structures built to create distorted views of familiar surroundings.〔Laurie Rojas (March 19, 2014), (Daniel Buren transforms former hospice in Mexico into a maze of colour ) ''The Art Newspaper''.〕 ==In popular culture== In the video game Super Street Fighter 2, the character T. Hawk's stage is based on this locale.〔http://www.capcom-unity.com/jgonzo/blog/2009/11/10/guadalajara_mexico_and_t_hawkque〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hospicio Cabañas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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