Templo y Ex-Convento de la Santa Cruz, Querétaro
5 Calle Damián Carmona, Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro 76020, Mexico
Querétaro, Mexico
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EST. 1500
EST. 1500
1500s
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Templo y Ex-Convento de la Santa Cruz, Querétaro.
The complex preserves its original church and Franciscan convent buildings, including the cloister, cells, and a garden with a notable thorn tree, largely intact from the colonial period. It remains associated with the Franciscan order and is also protected under Mexican federal heritage law. The church functions as an active place of worship, while parts of the former convent are open to visitors.
About Templo y Ex-Convento de la Santa Cruz, Querétaro
The Templo y Ex-Convento de la Santa Cruz was founded by Franciscan friars in Querétaro in the sixteenth century, on the site of a battle between Spaniards and Otomi and Chichimeca peoples. Tradition holds a luminous cross appeared during the fighting, inspiring the name. The convent later became a missionary college training Franciscans sent across northern New Spain.
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