Mexican Ironwork- Cozumel

Introduction

There's a lot more ironwork on Cozumel than there is on Isla Mujeres. Although we've spent almost as much time on this island as we have on Isla Mujeres, this year, 2012, is the first year that I tried to get ironwork pictures here.
Why? Cozumel is harder to navigate, being a larger island and most of the hotels are farther away from the main town of San Miguel. On Isla Mujeres, it is typical to rent golf carts to get around. On Cozumel you need to rent a car or other 4-wheeled vehicle that is bigger and faster than a golf cart to avoid being run over.

I'd say that most of the work here is "contemporary" as opposed to mimicking any particular historical period or country culture. By that I mean that there's no particular focused "Spanish" influence, which might surprise you.
I'll go out on a pretty strong limb when I say that I doubt that ANY of the ironwork here dates back to Spanish times, because the Spanish didn't pay much attention to the Yucatan area (no precious metals to speak of) until they had pretty much tied up all rest of Mexico and its resources. From what I have read, they only focused on the Yucatan and its Mayan population when they realized it would be good source of slaves. The Spanish didn't leave this area until fairly recently, and the local folks still are not great Spanish fans.
So, any ironwork that does sorta look Spanish was probably commissioned by non Mexicans living there or Mexicans who have come there from the western parts of Mexico, where the Spanish culture is more ingrained.
Since Cozumal is one of the premier scuba diving destinations on earth and since cruise ships dock here regularly, maybe the ironwork is designed to be what the tourists, zipping by in cabs or in rented cars, want it to be.

  Anti Climb Spikes, Straight                                           Anti Climb Spikes, Curved

  Main Church Entrance                                                   Inner Gate, Church

  Dive Shop Outer Gates                                                   Dive Shop Right Gate

  Dive Shop Gate Close Up 1                                             Dive Shop Gate Close Up 2

  Dive Shop, Inner Gate

  Dolphin discovery Inner Gate                                 Dolphin Discovery Assess Gate

  Gate 12

  Compound Gate and Railings 13

  Gate 13, Element Detail and Latch                                             Gate 13, Walk Gate Area

  Gate 14

  Gate 15, Oblique

  Gate 15 First Driveway                                                   Gate 15 Second Driveway

  Gate 15 Fence Sections                                                 Gate 15, Gate Latch Detail

  Gate 15, Scroll & Construction Detail                                       Gate 15, More Detail

Gate 151 Head-on


  Gate 151 Note How Outer Gate Matches Ironwork on Building

  Gate 151 Upper Construction Detail                                 Gate 151 Latch Area

  Gate 16, Scrolls

  Gate 17, Pretty Thin Material

  Gate 18, Note VERY thin elements                                           Gate 19

  Gate 20, Bright Red

  Gate 20, Showing Sliding Rail for Driveway Gate

  Gate 20, Small Enclosure Gate                                                 Gate 20, Lower Panel

  Gate 20, Close Up;                                                                     Gate 20, Detail

  Gate 21, Note Delicate (Too delicate?) Details

  Gate 22, Open, Both Leaves                                             Gate 22, Right Leaf

  Gate 22, Courtyard Door 1                                       Gate 22, Courtyard Door 2

  Gate 22, Anti Climb Spikes

  Gate 23                                                               Gate 24

  Gate 25

  Gate 26                                                       Gate 26, Cast Finial Detail

  Gate 27                                                       Gate 28, again, note that details are almost too thin

  Gate 29                                                               Gate 30

  Scuba Club Gate                                                                         Scuba Club Gate Top

  Scuba Club Gate Detail                                                             Scuba Club Gate, Turtle

  White Gate

  Railing 10                                                       Railing 10 Single Section Close up

  Railing 11                                                                 Railing 11, Detail

  Grill 11                                                                                         Grill 12

  Grill 13                                                                                         Grill 15

  Grill Over Door, 14                                                     Grill Over Door 14, Detail

  Fence 10

  Fence and Gates 11                                       Fence and Gate 11, Walk Gate Detail

  Fence 12                                                       Fence 12, Front Close Up

  Fence 12, Flower Element Close Up                   Fence 12, Oblique View of Side

  Door 10                                                                                       Doorway 1

  Door 11                                                                               Door 11, Grill Detail

  Doorway 2

  Chandelier, Simple                                                                     Lamp 1

  Lantern 1

  Couch                                                                                           Couch with Chair

  Turtle Above Driveway Gate                                               Grill Detail, Cross

  Donkey, Side                                                               Donkey, Head, Right

  Donkey, Head On                                                 Donkey, Head, Left Side

  Donkey, Front Leg Detail                                           Donkey, Left and Rear

  Donkey, Tail                                                   Donkey, Tail, and Back Legs, Close Up

Thanks for looking!