Ensimini enkulu namuhla ehlanganisa izwe laseSan Luis Potosí, ngezikhathi zangaphambi kweSpanishi kwakukhona amaqembu eChichimeca ahlakazekile aziwa njengeHuastecos, iPames kanye neGuachichiles.
Ngo-1587, uCaptain Miguel Caldera wayesengene esifundeni esingenamuntu ngenhloso yokuthula lezi zizwe ezingama-bellicose ezazicekela phansi abashushumbisi bezimpahla. Kamuva, ngo-1591, umphathi wenduna uDon Luis de Velasco wathumela amaNdiya aseTlaxcalans ukuba ayohlala enyakatho yeNew Spain; enye ingxenye yabo yahlala endaweni eyayizoba yindawo yaseTlaxcalilla kanti enye yayiseMexquitic, idolobha lomdabu elisenyakatho yedolobha lamanje.
Ngo-1592 uFray Diego de la Magdalena, owayehamba noCaptain Caldera, wakwazi ukuqoqa amaNdiya athile angamaGuachichil endaweni eseduze nendawo yemithombo, okuyisici esithathwa njengendawo yakudala, kusukela ngawo lowo nyaka, egqumeni kusuka eSan Pedro, izimbiwa zamaminerali zatholwa nguFrancisco Franco, umphathi wesigodlo saseMexquitic, uGregorio de León, uJuan de la Torre noPedro de Anda. Abokugcina banikeze isiza igama leSan Pedro del Potosí. Ngenxa yokushoda kwamanzi, abavukuzi babuyela esigodini bathutha amaNdiya ababehlala kuwo, bayibiza ngaleso sikhathi ngokuthi iSan Luis Minas del Potosí.
UCaptain Caldera noJuan de Oñate bagunyaza isisekelo ngo-1592. Isiqu sedolobha sanikezwa ngo-1656 yi-viceroy Duke wase-Albuquerque, yize yaqinisekiswa yiNkosi uFelipe IV kwaze kwaba yiminyaka emibili kamuva. Isakhiwo sasemadolobheni siphendule uhlelo oluphindiwe lohlobo lwe-chessboard, njengoba ukufakwa ethafeni, akubonisanga ubunzima ekuyenzeni, ngakho-ke isikwele esikhulu sahlelwa ezinhlangothini zawo iCathedral nezindlu zasebukhosini ezazizovuka ekuqaleni ezungezwe ngamabhuloki ayishumi nambili.
Namuhla iSan Luis Potosí yindawo enhle, ebabazekayo futhi ecishe ibe nesithunzi ngenxa yengcebo eyasaphazwa izimali zayo, ezazibonakaliswa ezakhiweni zamakoloni njengobufakazi bamandla kahulumeni waseNew Hispanic. Kulezo zikhumbuzo, iCathedral iyisibonelo esihle; etholakala ohlangothini olusempumalanga yePlaza de Armas, isibalo sayo sithatha indawo yesonto lokuqala lekhulu le-16. Isakhiwo esisha sakhiwa ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-17 kanye nasekuqaleni kwekhulu le-18, ngesitayela esihle nesivumelanayo seBarque of modality of Solomonic. Eceleni kwaso kuneNdlu kaMasipala, esizeni lapho kwakukhona khona izindlu zasebukhosini futhi ezadilizwa ngekhulu le-18 ukwakha isakhiwo ngokuyalelwa isivakashi uJosé de Gálvez.
Ngasenyakatho kwesikwele ungabona indlu endala kunazo zonke edolobheni, okwakungekaLieutenant Don Manuel de la Gándara, umalume wenduna yodwa waseMexico, enepulangwe elihle elingaphakathi elinokunambitheka okuvamile kwamakholoni. Ngasempumalanga kunesakhiwo esihlala esigodlweni sikaHulumeni; Yize lokhu kuyi-neoclassical ngesitayela, mhlawumbe kusukela eminyakeni yokuqala, kumi lapho kwakukhona khona iHholo Ledolobha lekhulu le-18. Ekhoneni eliphambene nalesi sakhiwo yiPlaza Fundadores noma iPlazuela de la Compañía futhi ngasenyakatho nePotosina University yamanje, eyayiyikolishi elidala lamaJesuit elakhiwa ngo-1653, isakhombisa i-façade yayo elula yaseBaroque nendlu yayo enhle yaseLoreto. ngomnyango we-baroque namakholomu kaSolomon.
Esinye isethi esihlobisa iSan Luis Potosí yiPlaza de San Francisco, lapho kukhona khona ithempeli nesigodlo segama elifanayo; Ithempeli lingesinye sezitayela ezibaluleke kunazo zonke zeBaroque, lakhiwa phakathi kuka-1591 no-1686 futhi i-sacristy yalo ivelele, okungenye yezibonelo ezicebile kakhulu zokwakhiwa kwezenkolo zasePotosi.
Lesi sigodlo yisakhiwo sekhulu le-17 esihlala iPotosino Regional Museum. Ngaphakathi kwendawo ebiyiwe, kungenzeka ukubabaza isonto elidumile lase-Aránzazu kusukela maphakathi nekhulu le-18, elimelela isibonelo esicacile sePotosino Baroque, efaka izinto eziphawulekayo zeChurrigueresque ngesitayela sayo ngokuya ngemihlobiso eminingi; okuxhunywe esigodlweni ngamathempeli oMthetho Wesithathu kanye Nenhliziyo Engcwele ebeyingxenye yawo.
IPlaza del Carmen kungenye inkimbinkimbi enhle ebusa leli dolobha lamakoloni; endaweni ezungezile kuneThempeli likaCarmen, okwakhiwa kwalo kwakhiwa nguDon Nicolás Fernando de Torres. Ubusisiwe ngo-1764, ukwakheka kwayo kungubufakazi besitayela esibizwa nge-ultra-baroque, okufakazelwa emnyango waso ohlangothini ngokuhlobisa okunothile futhi okuhle, kanye nasemphemeni we-sacristy kanye ne-altarpiece yeChapel of the Camarín de la Virgen, eyokugcina Uma kuqhathaniswa nobuhle namasonto e-Virgen del Rosario naseSanta María Tonantzintla de Puebla.
Ukuqedela ukuhlangana ngokuvumelana, yiTheatre of Peace neNational Museum of the Mask, womabili amabhilidi ekhulu le-19. Ezinye izakhiwo zezenkolo ezifanele yilezi: enyakatho yensimu yase-Escobedo, amaChurch of Rosario and San Juan de Dios, esokugcina esakhiwa ama-Juanino friars ngekhulu le-17, nesibhedlela saso esihlangene, okuyisikole okwamanje. Futhi kusuka esikhathini esifanayo iCalzada de Guadalupe enhle ephela, ekugcineni kwayo eseningizimu, endaweni engcwele yaseGuadalupe, eyakhiwe ngesitayela seBaroque nguFelipe Cleere ngekhulu le-18; Engxenyeni esenyakatho yomgwaqo ungabona ibhokisi lamanzi elingokomfanekiso elakhiwe ngekhulu elidlule futhi libhekwa njengesikhumbuzo sikazwelonke.
Kuyafaneleka futhi ukubalula ithempeli laseSan Cristóbal, elakhiwe phakathi kuka-1730 no-1747, okuthi noma ukulungiswa kwalo kusaligcina lingaphambili, elingabonakala ngemuva; Ithempeli laseSan Agustín, nemibhoshongo yalo yobuciko, eyakhiwe phakathi kwekhulu leshumi nesikhombisa neshumi nesishiyagalombili nguFray Pedro de Castroverde kanye nesonto elithobekile laseSan Miguelito endaweni enegama elifanayo, futhi nangesitayela samaBaroque.
Ngokuphathelene nokwakhiwa komphakathi, izindlu zasePotosí zibonisa izici ezikhethekile ezingabonakala ikakhulu kumabhalkhoni abo, ngamashalofu abo ahlotshisiwe anezinhlobonhlobo eziningi zezimo nezimpawu ezibonakala sengathi zakhiwe ngabenzi bezingcweti futhi ezingabongwa kuzo zonke izinyathelo. ezakhiweni zesikhungo esinomlando. Njengezibonelo singasho indlu eseduze kweCathedral, eyayiphethwe nguDon Manuel de Othón futhi namuhla esinezindlu zoHulumeni Bezokuvakasha, kanye naleyo yomndeni wakwaMuriedas kuZaragoza Street, manje esesiphenduke ihhotela.
Ezindaweni ezizungeze leli dolobha elihle, ungathola amadolobha athile anamakholoni anezibonelo ezinhle zokwakha, phakathi kwawo idolobha elaziwa ngokuthi iReal de Catorce ligqamile, isikhungo sezimayini esidala nesishiyiwe lapho kunethempeli elihle nelinesizotha kusukela ngekhulu le-18 i-Immaculate Conception, lapho kugcinwa khona isithombe esiyisimangaliso sikaSanta Francis wase-Assisi.
