Njengakulo lonke elaseMelika, lamadolobha asendulo anikeze ama-ashlars abo (amatshe asebenzayo) amahle kakhulu ekuzalweni komhlaba omusha, kepha leli siko elisha ngeke lisizakale ngamafomu abo.
Umuntu ubelokhu encintisana naye uqobo, ukunqoba indlu yakhe namathempeli akhe. Manje inselelo yomuntu onqotshiwe iyamehlula esikhumbuzweni nasekuhlawulisweni, uzofunwa. bonisa inqubo yakho.
Abantu abababaza indawo engcwele ye-grotto bazonikezwa inselelo yokwakhiwa kwendawo yangaphakathi komkhumbi owodwa noma ngaphezulu okuthi ngobukhona be-arch kwandise indawo yokuhlala engcwele kankulunkulu onqobayo. Ubuciko be-Viceregal eYucatan bukhulu njengoba kungaziwa, bucacisa njengakho konke okuzalwa ngomthelela oqinile wokuphambene. Ubuciko be-Viceregal eYucatan buhlukile ngoba ababhali bayo nomlando wayo wehlukile.
Lezi zakhiwo ngeke zikushintshe ukusetshenziswa kwazo njengamamoski enziwe amakholwa obuKhosi bamaKhatholika. Lapha izakhiwo zahlakazwa ukuze kusetshenziswe okubaluleke kakhulu kokuqukethwe kwazo: amatshe. Ngalezi, izindlu, izindlu zezindela namathempeli kwakhiwa kuzingxenyekazi zomdabu. Kwazalwa ubuciko obusha, umoya omusha owawugeleza usuka esikweni elisha yize kwezinye izindawo, ezazindala njengokuphila uqobo.
Ukunqotshwa kweYucatán akuphelanga ngo-1544 ngeMontejos ezintathu kanye nezisekelo zeCampeche, iMerida neBacalar, kodwa noma kunjalo ngo-1901 ngokuthathwa kukaChan Santa Cruz nguGeneral Bravo okwakuzoqeda impi yaseCaste. Ukushunyayelwa kwenhlonipho nakho kuzobhala isahluko esikhetheke kakhulu ekuguqulweni kwaseMelika. Njengabafundisi bohambo lwasenkantolo, oFata uJuan Rodríguez de Caraveo, uPedro Hernández noGregorio de San Martín, babengelutho ngaphandle kwabefundisi bezempi ngaphandle kokushiya uphawu olukhulu emsebenzini wobuphostoli nama-neophytes.
UFray Jacobo de Tastera ngonyaka ka-1537 kanye nalabo asebenzisana nabo kakhulu uFray Luis de Villalpando noFray Lorenzo de Bienvenida, yibo abazokwakha isu lokungena kwezithunywa zevangeli elihambisana nabantu bomdabu baseMexico naseMichoacán. Isenzo sakhe saba nezithelo eCampeche, saphumelela ukuthuthela eMérida futhi sandisa isenzo sezithunywa zevangeli kuyo yonke inhlonhlo. Ifilosofi yabo kumele ukuthi yayisuselwa kwezempi, njengoba kukhonjisiwe ngobukhazikhazi bempi obenziwa ekwakhiweni kwezindawo eziningi zezindela zaseYucatecan ezibhekise eJerusalema lomhlaba, eliyikhophi lasezulwini, futhi lisho ukulwa nezitha zomphefumulo ( idemoni, umhlaba nenyama).
Usindiso lutholakale esikhaleni sokuphela seminyaka eyinkulungwane, akunandaba ukuthi amakhanda awe futhi enze imisebenzi yokholo, njengaleyo kaManí eyenziwa ngumqaphi onomona wamaNdiya, uFray Diego de Landa. Isilingo sabaphostoli siqala eMexico futhi siqhubeka eYucatán ngamasonto avulekile na-posh, okunezelwa kuwo umuthi phambi kwabo ukuxhasa ababekhona elangeni elibi elibala umhlabathi onamanzi.
Inani lamasonto avulekile akhiwe kule nhlonhlo alingeneki, futhi phakathi nekhulu le-17 leminyaka azosetshenziswa njengezikhumulo ezakhiweni ezintsha. Ama-cattails azothwesa imiqhele engaphambili, ephinda amafayili ayinselele ama-mayan crests. Kuzoba nemibhoshongo kuphela, njengakulo lonke elaseNew Spain, lapho kutholakala khona inselelo yokwehlukaniswa kwezwe, lapho amaPherishi evela khona esontweni labo elikhulu.
Isisho esisemthethweni asihloniphi ukulandelana kwezikhathi e-Yucatan, ukuzithiba okwakhayo kuhlotshiswe kuphela ngemidwebo emincane engabonakalisi ukwedlula kweBaroque nezinhlobo zakudala zekhulu le-16 eziphindaphindwayo nge-18. Ukwakhiwa kwaso kuqotho futhi kuhlanganisiwe ezintweni ezisetshenziswayo nevolumu esifundeni, yingakho izuze ubuhle nokuqala.
