5 buildings that combine the historical and modern in Oaxaca that every architect must know

The project is the work of Producer Under the slogan of organically integrate its natural environment. Located in front of the town square, the Cultural Center retains the colorsthe height and the materials used in the town, creating a set that first of all, has the function of providing a new public meeting space which expands the public square and the gardens. It has two volumes and while the first one has exhibition halls of the culture and art of the region, the second houses the Municipal Library and a service area.

Detail of the interior of the hand painted temple.

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Temple of San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya

21 kilometers from the city of Oaxaca is the temple of San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya, built in the mid -16 Baroque facade from which two towers with bell tower are built. Its Latin cross ship and the rest of the construction seem at first glance a common church.

Its main attraction is a ostentatious dome full of d Hand -painted vegetable etallesspecially designs of vases, floral arrangements and angelic motifs, a decoration that also extends through the Main nave And it is richer in arches and vaults With shades between red and blue, a unique copy in Mexico. It was restored in the eighteenth century and its organs and Baroque altarpieces They are in perfect condition.

Santo Domingo has a wide collection of archaeological and historical treasures of the State.

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Former convent of Santo Domingo de Guzmán

Integral part of the Historic Center of Oaxaca declared Cultural Heritage of Humanity, it is the most important viceregal construction in the country style Baroque Novohispano and the starting point to start any adventure in Oaxaca.

The former convent of Santo Domingo de Guzmán began to be built in 1551 and after serving as an evangelization center, today it is not only a temple, it also has inside the regional museum and the Oaxaca Ethnobotanical Gardena must that every architect must know in the state capital.