Le nxanxathela yezimanga ivelela kuqala ubukhulu bayo obukhulu.
Kwaqalwa ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-16, kugcina isimo senqaba yamasosha ejwayelekile ekwakhiweni kwezenkolo kwalelo khulu leminyaka; Umbhishobhi wokugcina waseSpain wase-Oaxaca, u-Antonio Bergosa, wayekwazi lokhu lapho ehlala lapho ukuze amelane namabutho kaJosé María Morelos phakathi neMpi Yenkululeko. Inkolo yamaNgisi uThomas Gage, ongomunye wababhali bezindaba ababaluleke kakhulu ngesikhathi samakholoni, wakwazi ukubona ukuqedwa komsebenzi ngawo-1620s, eqaphela ukuthi ukushuba kwezindonga zawo kwavumela inqola edonswa izinkabi ukuzungeza ngazo, futhi waqokomisa amandla amakhulu ezomnotho amaDominican ase-Oaxaca. Kulezi zinsuku, ingqapheli ebukhali, umbhali wamaNgisi NamaMelika u-Oliver Sacks, lapho eqoqa ephephandabeni elisanda kushicilelwa ngemibono ngohambo lwakhe oluya e-Oaxaca ngo-2000, usho into efanayo: “Yithempeli elikhulu, elikhazimulayo… elingenayo i-intshi lelo akulona igolide. Leli bandla likhiqiza umuzwa othile wamandla nengcebo, labo abakuyo ”. Ube esezibuza, njengendoda yesimanje, ngakolunye uhlangothi lwemali: "Kazi lelo golide elatholakala ezimayini yizigqila lalingakanani." Ekugcineni, uSacks uyama lapho mhlawumbe kungumsebenzi wobuciko wamakholoni ohluke kakhulu kuyo yonke i-Oaxaca: isihlahla somndeni esidumile se-polychrome, esibaziweyo nge-stucco engxenyeni engezansi yegumbi elisekela ikwaya yaleli bandla. USacks uthi: "Ophahleni kudwetshwe isihlahla esikhulu segolide, emagatsheni awo kulenga izicukuthwane zombili zenkantolo nezenkolo: iSonto noMbuso kuhlangene, njengombuso owodwa."
Ingaphakathi lethempeli linomkhumbi owodwa, cishe amamitha ayisikhombisa ubude, unamasonto asezinhlangothini nhlangothi zombili, futhi kunendlu yesonto enamathiselwe, eyeRosary. Ingqophamlando yegolide yokugcina neyokugcina enkulu ye-nave ibukeka njengamakholoni, kepha yabulawa maphakathi nekhulu lama-20 kulandela imibono yokubuyiselwa ephakanyiswe yiFrance Viollet-le-Duc ngekhulu le-19. Ngokuqondene nesigodlo sangaphambili, into evelele kakhulu umnyuziyamu obekwe lapho, obheka imisebenzi emikhulu yamasiko amaZapotec nawaseMixtec ase-Oaxaca. Okumangaza kakhulu ukutholakala okubalulekile okwenziwa ngu-Alfonso Caso ngo-1932 eTomb 7 yedolobha lezinto zakudala elaziwa namuhla ngokuthi yiMonte Albán (phambilini eyayiyiTeutlitepec), eliqukethe izingcezu zegolide ezazisebenza kahle kakhulu, kanye nemihlobiso ye-rock crystal i-alabhaster eqoshwe kahle futhi ethambile imidwebo yethambo, kanye nobuhlalu be-jade no-turquoise Kuyamangaza ukuqoqwa komnyuziyamu kwezithombe zobumba, njengalezo ze-Escrib de Cuilapan, zemvelo, futhi ngendlela ekhetheke kakhulu ama-anthropomorphic urns kanye nama-braziers (kwesinye isikhathi ahlotshiswe kahle), konke ngaphandle kokukhohlwa okwenziwe nge-polychrome ceramics.
Isigodlo sangaphambilini, yize sasivela ngekhulu leshumi nesikhombisa, sibonakala sisukela phambilini ngenxa yezixazululo zaso zasendulo, njengoba kungabonakala emaphaseji egceke, anezikhumbuzo zasendulo, okungenzeka ukuthi ziyisakhiwo esihlaba umxhwele kakhulu lapho kwakuhlala khona ama-friars ukuthi zigcina cishe ukubukeka kwazo kwasekuqaleni. Okuphawulekayo futhi isitebhisi esixhuma amazinga amabili e-cloister.
Isakhiwo esisele sangenelelwa ngeminyaka yamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye kulandela imibono yomdwebi oshiwo ngenhla uLeduc, ngaphakathi kwento okwakucatshangwa ukuthi iyisitayela samakholoni esifaneleka kakhulu ukufaka ezinye izingxenye zesakhiwo ezingekho. Ukuphetha, asikwazi ukwehluleka ukusho indawo enkulu evulekile eyandulela indawo eyinkimbinkimbi — i-Convent nethempeli– laseSanto Domingo, futhi namuhla esisele singenalutho.
