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Established in 1870 to provide housing for migrant workers outside the city walls of Veracruz, the Huaca neighborhood introduced a new organization of living space to this historic Mexican city.

Colonial missions established between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries by the Jesuit and Franciscan orders became important settlements in northern Mexico.

The ancient Zapotec metropolis of Monte Albán was founded in the 6th century BC on a flattened mountain overlooking the city of Oaxaca.

Archaeological sites around the world are specially threatened by exposure to the elements.

Inmaculada Concepcion Chapel was constructed as part of a hospital complex, one of several built by Vasco de Qiroga, the Spanish Renaissance humanist and bishop of Michoacán.

San Francisco de Tzintzuntzan Convent was the first foundation of the Franciscan Order in New Spain created for the conversion of the indigenous population to Christianity.

Santo Domingo de Guzmán was built in the 16th century and the complex consists of a masonry church and convent constructed out of stone in the Renaissance style.

The San Gabriel Convent dates to 1520 and was built by the Spanish on a site that previously had a temple dedicated to a pre-Columbian deity.

The former Convent of San Miguel Arcangel in Mani was constructed between 1548 and 1557.

San Juan Bautista de Coixtlahuaca Convent was built by the Dominicans between 1545 and 1596 in the highly-ornate Plateresque style, whose name derives from the Spanish word for silver (plata).

The Palafoxiana Library dates to 1646 when a personal collection of approximately 5,000 volumes was contributed to the Colegio de San Juan y San Pedro by Bishop Juan de Palafox y Mendoza.

Jose de Escandón, future governor of Nuevo Santander, founded Guerrero in 1750 on the Salado River near the Rio Grande.