List of buildings in Guanajuato City

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

Name	Image	Built	Architectural style	Architect(s)	Belonged to the religious order	Source
Basílica colegiata de Nuestra Señora de Guanajuato		1671-1696	Baroque, Neoclassical			[1][2][3]	General information Location Plaza de la Paz Calle Ponciano Aguilar, Centro Coordinates 21°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 Church		1765-1788	Churrigueresque	Andrés de la Riva, Manuel Antonio de Cárdenas		[4][5][6]	General information Location Calle Ponciano Aguilar, Centro Coordinates 21°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)		1732	Baroque			[7][8]	General information Location Lascuráin de Retana, Guanajuato, Col. Guanajuato Centro, Guanajuato, Guanajuato Coordinates 21°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)		1798-1809	Neoclassical	Josė Alejandro Durán y Villaseñor, Josė de Mazo y Avilés		[9][10]	General information Location Mendizábal, Historic District Coordinates 21°01′08″N 101°15′29″W / 21.01889°N 101.25806°W / 21.01889; -101.25806 (Alhóndiga de Granaditas)
Convent of Belén		1727-1775	Churrigueresque		Bethlehemite Brothers	[11][12]	General information Location Mendizábal corner Av. Juárez.
Church of San Diego de Alcalá		1780-1784	Churrigueresque		Franciscans	[13][14][15]	General information Location San Diego, Zona Centro, Guanajuato City.
Church of la Compañía		1747-1767 (in 1882 the dome was remodeled into a big Neoclassical one because the dome collapsed)	Churrigueresque, Neoclassical	José de la Cruz, Felipe de Ureña	Society of Jesus	[16][17][18]	General information Location Lascurain de Retana s/n , Centro, Guanajuato
Church and Convent of San Francisco		1792	Churrigueresque		Franciscans	[19][20]	General information Location In front of the Plaza de San Francisco, a few steps from the Teatro Juárez
Templo de los Hospitales		1560-1565	Neoclassical		Franciscans	[21]	General information Location on 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 Location Mercado 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 Gutiérrez		1754	Baroque			[24]
Church of San Roque		1651-1726	Baroque	Don Juan José de Sopeña y Cervera		[25][26]	General information Location Plaza de San Roque, Av. Juárez between Miguel de Cervantes and Cantaritos, Zona Centro
Church del Señor de Villaseca (Church of Cata Mine)		1709-1789	Churrigueresque			[27][28][29]	General information Location Cata Mine, Guanajuato, Gto.
Church of Nuestra Señora de la Merced de Mellado		1752-1756	Baroque		Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy	[30][31]	General information Location located above what was the Rayas Mine in the northern part of the current city of Guanajuato
Church of San Francisco Javier		late 18th century	Neoclassical			[32]	General information Location Exit to Dolores on Carr. Dolores Hidalgo – Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Gto.
Chapel of San José		16th 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)		1800-1802	Neoclassical	Francisco Eduardo Tresguerras		[34][35]	General information Location In front of the Plaza de la Paz
Museum Diego Rivera's birthplace						[36][37][38]	General information Location Posito 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-1775	Baroque	Felipe de Ureña		[39]
Mesón de San Antonio		1776	Colonial	Don Vicente Manuel de Sardaneta, 1st Marquis of Rayas		[40]	General information Location Calle Alonso, Col. Guanajuato Centro

Post-colonial

Name	Image	Built	Architectural style	Architect(s)	Source
Juárez Theater		1872-1903	Neoclassical, Eclectic	José Noriega, Antonio Rivas Mercado, Alberto Malo	[41][42]	General information Location Plazuela de Cata No. 1, Guanajuato. Coordinates 21°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)		1897-1903	Porfirian architecture	English-born Cecil Louis Long	[43][44][45]	General information Location Plaza de la Paz, Guanajuato.
Guanajuato City Railway Station		1906-1909			[46][47]	General information Location Calle Tepetapa s/n, Guanajuato, Guanajuato
Hidalgo Market		1905-1910	Cast-iron building, Porfirian architecture	French-born Ernest Joseph Brunel (hispanicized as "Ernesto Brunel")	[48][49][50][51]	General information Location Juárez, Corner Mendizabal, Centro, Guanajuato

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