The Santo Domingo Church begun in 1572 by the Dominican order is now a Museum on a pedestrian-only street in Oaxaca City Mexico

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The Santo Domingo Church was started in 1558 when the Dominican order acquired the land in the city of Villa de Antequera, as Oaxaca was then called. Santo Domingo Church in Oaxaca is located on a pedestrian-only street in the capitol city of Oaxaca State. The building, first called Santo Domingo Grande, was begun in 1572 and reconstructed many times by the Dominican order due to repeated earthquakes. The building, when completed in the early part of the seventeenth century, covered square meters. It was first occupied in 1608 to serve as a church and convent. Construction continued sporadically until 1608 when the church and convent were first inhabited. The Santo Domingo Church is now part of The Santo Domingo Cultural Center, home to four institutions, The Oaxaca Historical Ethnobotanical Gardens, The Oaxaca Cultures Museum, The Friar Francisco de Burgoa Library, and the Journalist Nestor Sanchez H. Publications Library.

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Location: The Santo Domingo Church ,Oaxaca, Mexico
Photo credit: © David Hilbert / Alamy / Afripics
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