Ex-Convent of Santiago Apóstol, Cuilápam
Ex Convento de Santiago Apóstol, Cuilápam de Guerrero
A 16th-century Dominican monastery whose unfinished, roofless basilica is now just stone columns and arches, austere and dramatic.
The Cuilápam monastery was begun by the Dominicans in the 1550s. It was never completed due to funding and political problems, leaving an open-air basilica with no roof, only Renaissance-style stone columns and arches. It stands in contrast to the intact monastery beside it. Independence hero Vicente Guerrero was executed here in 1831, and the complex has a memorial to him. Admission is about 70 pesos. It lies about 12 km southwest of Oaxaca City and can be combined with the Thursday market in Zaachila.
Opening hours
About 09:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- San Antonio Arrazola
- Monte Albán
- Zaachila
- Atzompa Archaeological Site
- Mercado 20 de Noviembre
- Mercado Benito Juárez
- San Bartolo Coyotepec
- Basilica of Our Lady of Solitude