Cuilapan Oaxaca, Historic Places in Oaxaca, Mexico
Within 40 miles of the City of Oaxaca there
several pre-columbian ruin sites: Monte Alban,
Dainzu, Yagul, Lambyteco, Mitla, Huijazoo, and
San Jose el Mogote
Oaxaca in South
Central Mexico
has many historic
buildings built
during the  
Spanish Colonial
era.  
Cuilapan, a
church and
convent was
constructed in
1555
Other Historic Places in Oaxaca
The Cuilapan Church, a Dominican project that started in 1555
The Cuilapan Church
is located on the town of
Cuilapan De Guerrero a
few miles west of Oaxaca
city.
The monastery was built
an top of an ancient ruin
site.  Nearby the ruins, the
remains of a house built
for the Cortez  family is
now just a wall and
doorway.
The former cell rooms of the friars now house an archaeological laboratory and storage
area where archaeologists and students conduct research on  artifacts that come to the
site from digs in Oaxaca State.
Dates of construction of the church are displayed in the Mixtec language, the predominant
ethnicity of the indigenous population in 1555.
Cuilapan is one of
Oaxaca's most historic
places.
The monestary  was built as
an open church in the
1500s.  There is a plaque
dated 1555 in the back of
the open church.
The building is now open to
the public for tours and
houses work and storage
space for Oaxaca's
archaeological projects.
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