Cuilapan
Mexico
the site
Cuilapan de Guerrero is a town in the state of Oaxaca, located 10 km south of the city of Oaxaca on the highway heading toward Zaachila. It is one of the oldest settlements in the Valley of Oaxaca. In this area Zapotecs and Mixtecs continually fought over territory before their conquest by the Aztecs. For this reason, Cuilapan changed hands many times during this period, leading to a Zapotec/Mixtec mix in the town’s culture.
convent church
The town’s major attraction is the Dominican ex-convent of Santiago Apóstol. It was left unfinished sometime in the middle of the 16th century, but the cloister, walls, cupola and foundations of what was supposed to be an enormous church remain. Its open-air chapel is characteristic of religious construction around the time of the Conquest
The convent was the site of the execution, on 14 February 1831, of independence war general and deposed president Vicente Guerrero
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stone arches
the tower
holy water at entrance
convent cells
the bishop
cast of characters
