SAINT JOSE DE MAIPO PARISH – Ornamentation

The temple ornamentation is rather simple, in its exterior the colonial red can be highlighted and in the interior the white of the walls contrasts with the brown roof toppings with a light blue background.

On being made with a single nave there are no devotional altars, but there are carved images all along both walls until being finished in the High Altar, among them the figure of Saint Michael Archangel and the bust of Christ on the sides of the door, and a sculpture set of the Crucifixion (Mary, Mary Magdalena and crucified Christ), among other figures. A segment of one of the walls can also be appreciated, a series of small paintings that represent the Stations of the Cross and a large painting with the scene of Saint Joseph and the Child Jesus.

The High Altar is made of marble and is ended with an altarpiece of the Doric order that honors the image of the Crucified Christ in polychromatic wood, safeguarded by the figures of a pair of angels, Saint Joseph and the Virgin of Carmen.

The bronze bells date from 1931 and were taken down from the tower after the February 27, 2010 earthquake, on April 12, that same year.

There is a museum that exhibit sold registers, dressing, images and bells that were used in the temple.