Garuruwan ƙasarmu suna riƙe da alamun gine-ginensu na juyin halitta, amo na tarihin da ke cikin rikicewar birane.
A cikin karni na 19, manyan masu daukar hoto biyu, Guillermo Kahlo da Henry Greenwood, sun tashi don tattara girman gine-ginen Mexico; daga sakamakonta ya fito da nuni Dos Miradas a la Arquitectura Monumental.
Abubuwan tarihin masu daukar hoto guda biyu sun sha bamban. A cikin Amurka, inda asalin asalin Greenwood yake, akwai babban sha'awar Hispanic.
Theaunar New Spain ce ta haifar da buga Tsarin Gine-ginen Mutanen Espanya a cikin Meziko, littafin da ɗan jaridar Sylvester Baxter ya wallafa tare da hotunan Henry Greenwood wanda ya yi tasiri sosai ga gine-ginen Californian na lokacin.
A gefe guda kuma, a cikin mamayewar Mexico da mamaye Turai sun mamaye.
Ana ganin abubuwan tunawa da Amurkawa a ciki a matsayin alamun duniya waɗanda za su ɓace don ba da damar zuwa wata ƙasa ta zamani mai cike da salon Faransanci da gidajen sarauta irin na Venet.
Ba zato ba tsammani, aikin Baxter ya isa hannun Porfirio Díaz, wanda, cikin mamaki, ya baiwa Guillermo Kahlo ƙirƙirar kayan hoto na kayan tarihin gine-ginen ƙasar.
Abubuwan tarihi kamar Katolika na Metropolitan, da Casa de los Azulejos, da Palacio de Bellas Artes da kuma shafin San Ildefonso da kansa, waɗanda masu ɗaukar hoto suka ɗauka a lokuta daban-daban, ana iya jin daɗin su a wannan baje kolin.
