Templo de Santo Domingo & Artisan Market
Templo y Ex Convento de Santo Domingo de Guzmán
A 16th-century Dominican church with an ornate pink baroque stone facade. The square in front hosts a major open-air market for Indigenous handicrafts.
The Church of Santo Domingo was built in the mid-16th century and expanded in the 17th and 18th centuries. Its pink facade is covered in intricate baroque stucco reliefs, making it the most ornate colonial building in town. The interior altar is covered in gold leaf. Every day, a large open-air handicraft market fills the square in front of this church and the neighboring La Caridad church. Zoque women from villages such as Chamula and Zinacantán sell embroidered blouses, wool shawls, belts and dolls, and a bit of bargaining is expected. The former monastery houses a Maya textile center and the Chiapas History Museum.
Opening hours
Church about 8:00am–7:00pm; market about 9:00am–6:00pm
Nearby sights
- Centro de Textiles del Mundo Maya
- Andador 20 de Noviembre & Miguel Hidalgo
- Mercado José Castillo Tielemans
- San Cristóbal de las Casas Cathedral
- Andador Real de Guadalupe
- Zócalo (Plaza 31 de Marzo)
- Na Bolom
- Amber Museum of Chiapas