This is a list of the preserved important buildings in Guanajuato City, city of Mexico.

Its mines were so rich that the city was very influential during the colonial period.

The "Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines" is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1988.

Colonial

NameImageBuiltArchitectural styleArchitect(s)Belonged to the religious orderSource
Basílica colegiata de Nuestra Señora de Guanajuato1671-1696Baroque, Neoclassical[1][2][3]
General information
LocationPlaza de la Paz Calle Ponciano Aguilar, Centro
Coordinates21°01′00″N 101°15′12″W / 21.01667°N 101.25333°W / 21.01667; -101.25333 (Basílica colegiata de Nuestra Señora de Guanajuato)
La Valenciana Church1765-1788ChurrigueresqueAndrés de la Riva, Manuel Antonio de Cárdenas[4][5][6]
General information
LocationCalle Ponciano Aguilar, Centro
Coordinates21°2′29.69″N 101°15′27.11″W / 21.0415806°N 101.2575306°W / 21.0415806; -101.2575306 (La Valenciana Church)
Old Courtyard of the Hospicio de la Santísima Trinidad (it is part of the University of Guanajuato)1732Baroque[7][8]
General information
LocationLascuráin de Retana, Guanajuato, Col. Guanajuato Centro, Guanajuato, Guanajuato
Coordinates21°01′02″N 101°15′11″W / 21.01722°N 101.25306°W / 21.01722; -101.25306 (Old Courtyard of the Hospicio de la Santísima Trinidad)
Alhóndiga de Granaditas (an old grain storage building, fort and prison)1798-1809NeoclassicalJosė Alejandro Durán y Villaseñor, Josė de Mazo y Avilés[9][10]
General information
LocationMendizábal, Historic District
Coordinates21°01′08″N 101°15′29″W / 21.01889°N 101.25806°W / 21.01889; -101.25806 (Alhóndiga de Granaditas)
Convent of Belén1727-1775ChurrigueresqueBethlehemite Brothers[11][12]
General information
LocationMendizábal corner Av. Juárez.
Church of San Diego de Alcalá1780-1784ChurrigueresqueFranciscans[13][14][15]
General information
LocationSan Diego, Zona Centro, Guanajuato City.
Church of la Compañía1747-1767
(in 1882 the dome was remodeled into a big Neoclassical one because the dome collapsed)		Churrigueresque, NeoclassicalJosé de la Cruz, Felipe de UreñaSociety of Jesus[16][17][18]
General information
LocationLascurain de Retana s/n , Centro, Guanajuato
Church and Convent of San Francisco1792ChurrigueresqueFranciscans[19][20]
General information
LocationIn front of the Plaza de San Francisco, a few steps from the Teatro Juárez
Templo de los Hospitales1560-1565NeoclassicalFranciscans[21]
General information
Locationon the north side of the university
Chapel of the Virgin of Guadalupe (Church of Pardo Mine)built in 1757
(in 1854-1868 its stones and its ensemble were moved from an abandoned city's colonial mine to its current location)		Baroque[22][23]
General information
LocationMercado Hidalgo heading west, let's say towards the Museum of the Mummies, you will arrive where there is a street on the left and a few meters further on a Tepetapa bridge, on that street, called Pardo
Chapel del Señor Gutiérrez1754Baroque[24]
Church of San Roque1651-1726BaroqueDon Juan José de Sopeña y Cervera[25][26]
General information
LocationPlaza de San Roque, Av. Juárez between Miguel de Cervantes and Cantaritos, Zona Centro
Church del Señor de Villaseca (Church of Cata Mine)1709-1789Churrigueresque[27][28][29]
General information
LocationCata Mine, Guanajuato, Gto.
Church of Nuestra Señora de la Merced de Mellado1752-1756BaroqueOrder of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy[30][31]
General information
Locationlocated above what was the Rayas Mine in the northern part of the current city of Guanajuato
Church of San Francisco Javierlate 18th centuryNeoclassical[32]
General information
LocationExit to Dolores on Carr. Dolores Hidalgo – Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Gto.
Chapel of San José16th century (it deteriorated a lot and underwent reconstruction in the 20th century)[33]
Palace of the Count of Rul y Valenciana (it has a museum)1800-1802NeoclassicalFrancisco Eduardo Tresguerras[34][35]
General information
LocationIn front of the Plaza de la Paz
Museum Diego Rivera's birthplace[36][37][38]
General information
LocationPosito 47, corner with Juan Valle, Col. Guanajuato Centro
House of the Marquises of San Juan de Rayas (it houses the Museum del Pueblo de Guanajuato)17th century-1775BaroqueFelipe de Ureña[39]
Mesón de San Antonio1776ColonialDon Vicente Manuel de Sardaneta, 1st Marquis of Rayas[40]
General information
LocationCalle Alonso, Col. Guanajuato Centro

Post-colonial

NameImageBuiltArchitectural styleArchitect(s)Source
Juárez Theater1872-1903Neoclassical, EclecticJosé Noriega, Antonio Rivas Mercado, Alberto Malo[41][42]
General information
LocationPlazuela de Cata No. 1, Guanajuato.
Coordinates21°00′55″N 101°15′11″W / 21.01528°N 101.25306°W / 21.01528; -101.25306 (Teatro Juárez)
Legislative Palace of Guanajuato (today occupes the Museum Palacio de los Poderes)1897-1903Porfirian architectureEnglish-born Cecil Louis Long[43][44][45]
General information
LocationPlaza de la Paz, Guanajuato.
Guanajuato City Railway Station1906-1909[46][47]
General information
LocationCalle Tepetapa s/n, Guanajuato, Guanajuato
Hidalgo Market1905-1910Cast-iron building, Porfirian architectureFrench-born Ernest Joseph Brunel (hispanicized as "Ernesto Brunel")[48][49][50][51]
General information
LocationJuárez, Corner Mendizabal, Centro, Guanajuato

References

  1. ↑ Basílica Colegiata de Nuestra Señora de Guanajuato (int). {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  2. ↑ Trudy Ring, Noelle Watson, Paul Schellinger (5 November 2013). The Americas: International Dictionary of Historic Places. United Kingdom: Routledge. p. 274. ISBN 978-1134259304.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ Doug Bower, Cynthia M. Bower (2005). The Plain Truth about Living in Mexico. Universal Publishers. p. 147. ISBN 1581124570.
  4. ↑ Templo de San Cayetano, Iglesia de la Valenciana. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  5. ↑ Bernard Villaret (1978). Conozca México: tierra mágica de contrastes. Ed. Daimon. p. 149. ISBN 9686024085.
  6. ↑ William J. Conaway. Walking Tours of Guanajuato. p. 24.
  7. ↑ Antiguo Patio del Hospicio de la Santísima Trinidad. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  8. ↑ Raúl Béjar Navarro, Jorge E. Isaac Egurrola (2005). Educación superior y universidad pública. Plaza y Valdés. p. 135. ISBN 9707224339.
  9. ↑ Museo Regional de Guanajuato Alhóndiga de Granaditas. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  10. ↑ Virginia García Acosta, Juan Manuel Pérez Zevallo, América Molinar del Villar (2014). Desastres agrícolas en México. Catálogo histórico, I: Épocas prehispánica y colonial (958-1822). Fund of Economic Culture. ISBN 978-6071624246.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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  15. ↑ Bernard L. Fontana (2010). A Gift of Angels: The Art of Mission San Xavier del Bac. University of Arizona Press. p. 218. ISBN 978-0816544851.
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  17. ↑ Joan Bassegoda i Nonell (1984). Historia de arquitectura. Reverte. p. 258. ISBN 9686600116.
  18. ↑ J.M. Andrade y F. Escalante (1857). La Cruz, Volume 5.
  19. ↑ Lucio Marmolejo (1860). Mes de Maria mexicano o sean las flores de Mayo consagradas a la Santissima Virgen Maria. Libreria Mexicana. p. 224.
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  21. ↑ TEMPLO DE LOS HOSPITALES. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  22. ↑ Guanajuato (Mexico : State). General Directorate of State Tourism (1983). Guía turística de la ciudad de Guanajuato. p. 15.
  23. ↑ NOTICIAS DE LA HACIENDA DE BENEFICIO Y TEMPLO DE PARDO EN GUANAJUATO. 13 October 2021. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  24. ↑ Capilla del Señor de Gutiérrez, conozca la historia detrás del culto a San Sebastián. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  25. ↑ Plaza San Roque. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  26. ↑ Isauro Rionda Arreguín (1990). Ciudad de Guanajuato: patrimonio cultural de la humanidad. City Hall of the Municipality of Guanajuato. p. 25.
  27. ↑ Víctor Manuel Villegas (1974). Guanajuato: La Iglesia de Cata. UNAM.
  28. ↑ Templo de Cata, el santuario que alberga el Cristo Negro de Villaseca. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
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  32. ↑ Templo de San Javier. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  33. ↑ Templo de San José. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  34. ↑ La casa del Conde Diego Rul, lugar místico en Guanajuato. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
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  39. ↑ Convertido en Museo del Pueblo, la casona que perteneció a la familia Sardaneta y Legaspi. 18 July 2018. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  40. ↑ Catacumbas Mesón de San Antonio. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  41. ↑ Teatro Juárez. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
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  43. ↑ Palacio Legislativo. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
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  46. ↑ Catálogo Estaciones FFCC. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
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  48. ↑ Mercado Hidalgo. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  49. ↑ Dept. and Federal Delegation of Tourism in Guanajuato (1971). Este mes en Guanajuato, Number 20 (Magazine). p. 17.
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