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Church of Santo Domingo de Guzmán

The Church and Convent of Santo Domingo de Guzmán in the city of is an example of New Spanish Baroque architecture. The first construction projects for the building date back to 1551, when the Antequera de Oaxaca's City Council ceded a total of twenty-four lots to the Dominican Order for the construction of a convent in the city.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Roman Catholic
  • Description: church building in Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico
  • Also known as: “Church of Santo Domingo de Guzman”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Oaxaca Cathedral and Teatro Macedonio Alcalá.

Church
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The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, located in the city of Oaxaca de Juarez, , Mexico, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca. is situated 510 metres southwest of Church of Santo Domingo de Guzmán.

Theater building
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is a theater building, which is situated 470 metres south of Church of Santo Domingo de Guzmán.

Church
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The is a Roman Catholic Basilica located in Oaxaca de Juárez, , . It was built between 1682 and 1690, and is a sanctuary dedicated to Our Lady of Solitude, patron saint of Oaxaca. is situated 790 metres west of Church of Santo Domingo de Guzmán.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Benito Juarez National Park and Santa María del Tule.

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is a large mountainous park in , . The park is very natural with few improvements yet is just 8 minutes by taxi from downtown Oaxaca.

Town
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is a town, which is situated 10 km east of Church of Santo Domingo de Guzmán.

Town
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is a town and municipality located in the central valley region of in southern Mexico. It is 10 kilometres to the south of the capital city of Oaxaca on the road leading to , and is in the Centro District in the . is situated 10 km southwest of Church of Santo Domingo de Guzmán.

Church of Santo Domingo de Guzmán

Latitude
17.06564° or 17° 3′ 56″ north
Longitude
-96.723° or 96° 43′ 23″ west
Open location code
7695378G+7Q
Open­Street­Map ID
way 121991411
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­roman_catholic
Wiki­data ID
Q2779092
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Turkish—“Church of Santo Domingo de Guzmán” goes by many names.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Church of Santo Domingo de Guzmán”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.