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The convent
The Dominicans were granted land for a convent in 1551
In 1551 the town council granted the Dominicans land for a convent. The Order lacked money, and the convent complex was inaugurated in 1608, still unfinished.
Earthquakes
Two earthquakes in 1603 and 1604 sped up the work
Two earthquakes, in 1603 and 1604, destroyed the Convent of San Pablo of Oaxaca and pushed the Dominicans to speed up work on Santo Domingo. In 1623 it became a university teaching philosophy and theology. The temple was finished in 1666.
The armies
Armies occupied the convent, and the Church got it back in 1902
From 1812 the church and convent were occupied by the armies of the factions disputing control of the country, and at times used as a military warehouse and a stable. Catholicism was suspended in 1866 and returned to the Church by President Porfirio Díaz in 1902.
The museum
The former convent houses the contents of Tomb 7
The former convent houses the Cultural Centre of Oaxaca, founded with the help of the Oaxacan-born artist Francisco Toledo. Its collection includes the contents of Tomb 7 from Monte Albán. The former monastery garden is now an ethnobotanical garden.
The front
A New Spanish Baroque church with a three-part front
The church is an example of New Spanish Baroque architecture. Its front has three bodies, with Saint Dominic and Saint Hippolitus holding a temple on which the Holy Spirit descends. Its domes are covered with azulejos.
Day 2, morning
It comes after Andador Macedonio Alcala. Then Santo Domingo Cultural Center.
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