Yazi leli dolobha ukuthi ngonyaka we-1990 kwamenyezelwa ukuthi yiZone of Historical Monuments, kwathi ngo-1991, World Heritage.
Ikhona laseMexico eligcina umlando nefa elikhulu lamasiko ezindongeni zalo. Ngaphambi kokufika kwabaseSpain, endaweni lapho manje uMorelia emi khona, abantu basePurepecha ababizwa ngeGuayangareo bahlala. Abantu bokufika bokuqala abafika kuleli sayithi kwakungabantu baseFranciscans, abakha isonto lapha ngo-1530, futhi mhlawumbe leli dolobha laliyohlala libe linye nje esifundeni, ukube kwakungekhona ukuxabana okwenzeka phakathi kwamaqembu amabili enkolo yaseSpain. ukusungula lokho kombhishobhi waseMichoacán: abanye babefuna ukuthi ibe seTzintzuntzan ngenkathi abanye bencike ngasePátzcuaro, ngakho abaphathi bamakoloni babeka iphuzu lesithathu lokungathathi hlangothi, ngo-1541, futhi iGuayangareo yaqanjwa kabusha ngokuthi iValladolid, nakuba yaqhubeka yaziwa iminyaka eminingi ngegama layo elidala lePurépecha. Idolobha ekuqaleni laligcwele ama-encomenderos, ababesebenzisa izakhamizi zomdabu ukuxhaphaza ezolimo. Uhlaka lomkhakha wedolobha laseSpain luphendula ohlelweni lwegridi, ikakhulu ezindaweni zokuhlala kwamakoloni aseMelika.
Iminyaka yokuqala kaValladolid yayincane. Ngo-1585 umbiko usho ukuthi kukhona i-cathedral yokuqala kanye nezigodlo zokuqala zamaJesuit, ama-Augustinians namaFranciscans, okushiwo ukuthi izindlu zedolobha zenziwe nge-adobe. Ekupheleni kwalelo khulu leminyaka kwakhiwa ithempeli nesonto lezindela laseSanta Rosa, futhi umakhi odumile waseKarmeli u-Andrés de San Miguel, umbhali wencwadi nezinye izakhiwo ze-oda lakhe, waklama ithempeli nesigodlo se-El Carmen, saqedwa ngekhulu leminyaka I-XVII futhi okwamanje enezindlu zeNdlu Yesiko. Kuzoba sekhulu leshumi nesikhombisa neshumi nesishiyagalombili lapho ezokwakha elinye lamabhilidi avelele eMorelia, isonto lakhe elikhulu lamanje, ngokusho kwephrojekthi yomakhi wezakhiwo uVicencio Barroso de la Escayola. UColegio de San Francisco Javier osangulukile, owaziwa njengoPalacio Clavijero, uhlala emahhovisi e-Executive Power. Kwaqalwa ngekhulu le-17. Ngekhulu le-18 i-Conservatory eyaziwa manje njengeDe Las Rosas yakhiwa, eyokuqala yalolu hlobo eMelika, futhi esasebenza namanje. Enye yezinto eziphawuleka kakhulu kuleli dolobha yitshe lalo elibomvana, elinikeza ubumbano kuzo zombili izakhiwo zalo zamakoloni nalabo abasukela ekhulwini lokuqala lempilo yezwe.
Okuphawuleka ngumsele wamanzi, uphawu lomuzi, owakhiwa ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-18 ngu-Antonio de San Miguel, kanti iMorelia ingaziqhenya ngenani elikhulu lezindlu zayo ezakhiwe ngenkwali nangamanye ama-patio amahle kakhulu futhi angokoqobo angabonakala eMexico. , ngenxa yemidlalo yayo ehlakaniphile yokungenela edlala. Singasho, njengezibonelo zokwakhiwa kwasekhaya, indawo azalelwa kuyo uMorelos nendlu ebizwa ngokuthi yindlovukazi (namuhla eyiMyuziyamu Yombuso), kanye naleyo ye-Count of Sierra Gorda nekaCanon Belaunzarán. Igama elihle lamanje ledolobha lihlonipha eligqame kakhulu ezinganeni zalo, umgadli onobuqhawe uJosé María Morelos y Pavón.
Ngekhulu le-19, ukwakhiwa kwasekhaya nasemphakathini kweMorelia kwamukela ukuthambekela kwezemfundo kwalesi sikhathi, njengoba kwenzeka kwezinye izingxenye zeRiphabhulikhi. Ngo-1861 i-Ocampo Theatre yakhiwa ngumdwebi uJuan Zapari. Phakathi kwabakhi abasebenza kakhulu kulesi sikhathi kukhona uGuillermo Wodon de Sorinne (umbhali wephrojekthi yesakhiwo esisha seColegio de San Nicolás de Hidalgo) kanye ne-Adolfo Tresmontels.
