Los Poblanos Historic Inn & Farm: Art & Architecture Tour
I learned two new concepts along the way at Los Poblanos: what a Coping is & all about Zaguan Doors...A coping is a cap or covering of a wall, like the brick that caps the top of Meem Territorial building, seen below & here. They may consist of stone (capstone), brick, tile, slate, metal or wood. A Zaguan Door is a door-within-a-door--a large, often decorated grande entry door to a hacienda courtyard, with a more functional human-sized door carved out of it. The larger door can be opened for horses or carts to be brought inside. A good example from Los Poblanos can be seen in the two images below, one from the outside & another image from inside the hacienda-style courtyard.
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![](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6065a9c1b3fd3c6a9cd8f5be/60f18fe4048a19067b7d89a3_Territorial%2520Brick%2520Copings.jpeg)