The porteria, or porter's room, in the Ex-Convento de San Pablo Apostol in Yuriria, Michoacan. This room gives way onto the lower arcade, which surrounds the greenery of the interior courtyard and, in former days, provided entrance to the common rooms of the convent. This original photograph forms part of the Olden Mexico collection. © Darian Day and Michael Fitzpatrick, 2010 : Pictures of Mexico

The porteria, or porter's room, in the Ex-Convento de San Pablo Apostol in Yuriria, Michoacan. This room gives way onto the lower arcade, which surrounds the greenery of the interior courtyard and, in former days, provided entrance to the common rooms of the convent. This original photograph forms part of the Olden Mexico collection.

Source article: Afternoon in Yuriria: a 16th century convent in Guanajuato