M'gawo lalikulu lomwe lero likuphatikiza dziko la San Luis Potosí, nthawi yam'mbuyomu ku Puerto Rico kunali magulu obalalika a Chichimeca otchedwa Huastecos, Pames ndi Guachichiles.
Pofika mu 1587, Captain Miguel Caldera anali atalowa m'derali mosavutikira ndi cholinga chokhazika mtima pansi mafuko a bellicose omwe amawononga ogulitsawo. Pambuyo pake, mu 1591, wolowa m'malo Don Luis de Velasco adatumiza amwenye aku Tlaxcala kuti akakhale kumpoto kwa New Spain; Gawo limodzi la iwo adakhazikika m'dera lomwe likanakhala dera la Tlaxcalilla ndipo lina ku Mexquitic, tawuni yakomweko kumpoto kwa mzinda wapano.
Mu 1592 Fray Diego de la Magdalena, yemwe anali kuyenda ndi Captain Caldera, adakwanitsa kusonkhanitsa Amwenye ena a ku Guachichil pamalo pafupi ndi akasupe, gawo lomwe ladziwika kuti ndi mudzi wakale, kuyambira mchaka chomwecho, paphiri. kuchokera ku San Pedro, a Francisco Franco, oyang'anira nyumba yachifumu ya Mexquitic, anapeza miyala yamchere, a Gregorio de León, Juan de la Torre ndi Pedro de Anda. Otsatirawa adapatsa malowo dzina la San Pedro del Potosí. Chifukwa chakusowa kwa madzi, ogwira ntchito m'migodi adabwerera kuchigwacho ndikusunthanso Amwenye omwe amakhala mmenemo, pomwepo amatcha San Luis Minas del Potosí.
A Captain Caldera ndi a Juan de Oñate adakhazikitsa maziko mu 1592. Udindo wa mzindawu udaperekedwa mu 1656 ndi wolowa m'malo mwa Duke wa Albuquerque, ngakhale adatsimikiziridwa ndi King Felipe IV mpaka zaka ziwiri pambuyo pake. Kapangidwe kamatawuni kanayankhidwa ndi mtundu wa chessboard, popeza kuyikidwa m'chigwachi, sikunakhale kovuta kuyigwiritsa ntchito, chifukwa chake bwalo lalikulu lidakonzedwa kuti Cathedral ndi nyumba zachifumu ziyambe kukwera wozunguliridwa ndi midadada khumi ndi iwiri.
Lero San Luis Potosí ndi malo okongola, owoneka bwino komanso owoneka bwino chifukwa cha chuma chomwe chidasakazidwa ndi migodi yake, yomwe idawonetsedwa munyumba zamakoloni ngati umboni wa mphamvu za boma la New Puerto Rico. Mwa zipilala izi, Cathedral ndi chitsanzo chabwino; yomwe ili chakum'mawa kwa Plaza de Armas, chiwerengerocho chimalowetsa m'malo tchalitchi choyambirira cha m'ma 1600. Nyumbayi idamangidwa chakumapeto kwa zaka za zana la 17 komanso koyambirira kwa zaka za zana la 18, munjira yokongola komanso yogwirizana ya Baroque ya machitidwe a Solomon. Pafupi ndi nyumbayo pali Nyumba yachifumu ya Municipal, pamalo pomwe panali nyumba zachifumu zomwe zidawonongedwa m'zaka za zana la 18th kuti amange nyumba molamulidwa ndi mlendo José de Gálvez.
Kumpoto kwa bwaloli mutha kuwona nyumba yakale kwambiri mu mzindawu, yomwe inali ya a lieutenant Don Manuel de la Gándara, amalume a wolowa m'malo yekhayo ku Mexico, wokhala ndi bwalo lokongola lamkati lokhala ndi zonunkhira zachikoloni. Kum'mawa kuli nyumba yomwe imakhala Nyumba Yaboma; Ngakhale izi ndizakale, mwina kuyambira zaka zoyambirira, zikuyimira pomwe panali Town Hall mzaka za zana la 18. Pakona ina ya nyumbayi kuli Plaza Fundadores kapena Plazuela de la Compañía ndipo kumpoto kwake kuli Potosina University, yomwe inali koleji yakale ya Jesuit yomwe idamangidwa mu 1653, ikuwonetseranso faquade yosavuta ya Baroque ndi tchalitchi chake chokongola cha Loreto. ndi zipata za baroque ndi zipilala za Solomoni.
Seti ina yomwe imakongoletsa San Luis Potosí ndi Plaza de San Francisco, komwe kuli kachisi ndi nyumba yachifumu ya dzina lomweli; Kachisiyu ndi amodzi mwamikhalidwe yofunika kwambiri ya Baroque, yomwe idamangidwa pakati pa 1591 ndi 1686 ndipo sacristy yake ndiyodziwika, yomwe ndi imodzi mwazitsanzo zolemera kwambiri za zomangamanga za Potosi.
Msonkhanowu ndi nyumba yazaka za zana la 17 yomwe imakhala ndi Potosino Regional Museum. Mkati mwa mpandawo, ndizotheka kusilira tchalitchi chotchuka cha Aránzazu kuyambira chapakatikati pa zaka za zana la 18, chomwe chimayimira chitsanzo chodziwika bwino cha Potosino Baroque, chokhudza zinthu zodziwika bwino za Churrigueresque pamachitidwe ake potengera zokongoletsa zochulukirapo; cholumikizidwa ku nyumba ya masisitereyi ndi akachisi a Gulu Lachitatu ndi Mtima Woyera womwe udali gawo lake.
Plaza del Carmen ndi malo ena okongola omwe amalamulira mzindawo; m'mbali mwake ndi Kachisi wa Carmen, yemwe ntchito yake idalamulidwa ndi Don Nicolás Fernando de Torres. Wodalitsika mu 1764, mamangidwe ake ndiumboni wa kalembedwe kamene kamatchedwa kopitilira muyeso, kakuwonetsedwa pakhomo lake lam'mbali ndi zokongoletsa zokongola, komanso pakhonde la sacristy ndi chapamwamba pa Chapel ya Namwali Maria, chomalizirachi Poyerekeza kukongola ndi mapemphero a Virgen del Rosario ndi Santa María Tonantzintla de Puebla.
Pomaliza zonse pamodzi, ndi Theatre of Peace ndi National Museum of the Mask, nyumba zonse za m'zaka za zana la khumi ndi zisanu ndi zitatu. Nyumba zina zachipembedzo ndi izi: kumpoto kwa dimba la Escobedo, matchalitchi aku Rosario ndi San Juan de Dios, yomaliza yomangidwa ndi akatswiri a Juanino m'zaka za zana la 17, ndi chipatala chake cholumikizidwa, chomwe pano ndi sukulu. Komanso kuyambira nthawi yomweyo ndi Calzada de Guadalupe yokongola yomwe imatha, kumapeto kwake kumwera, m'malo opatulika a Guadalupe, omangidwa mwanjira ya Baroque ndi Felipe Cleere m'zaka za zana la 18; Kumpoto kwa mseu mutha kuwona bokosi lamadzi lophiphiritsa lomwe linamangidwa mzaka zapitazi ndikuwona chipilala chadziko.
Ndikofunikanso kutchula za kachisi wa San Cristóbal, womangidwa pakati pa 1730 ndi 1747, womwe ngakhale kuti udasinthidwa umasungabe mawonekedwe ake oyambira, omwe amatha kuwonekera kumbuyo; kachisi wa San Agustín, ndi nsanja zake zamaluwa, zomangidwa pakati pa zaka khumi ndi zisanu ndi ziwiri mphambu khumi ndi zisanu ndi zitatu mphambu khumi ndi zisanu ndi zitatu ndi Fray Pedro de Castroverde ndi tchalitchi chodzichepetsako cha San Miguelito mozungulira dzina lomweli, komanso mumayendedwe achi Baroque.
Ponena za zomangamanga, nyumba za Potosí zimawonetsa mawonekedwe apadera omwe amatha kuwonekera makamaka pamakonde awo, okhala ndi mashelufu awo okongoletsedwa mosiyanasiyana ndi mawonekedwe omwe amawoneka kuti adapangidwa ndi akatswiri amisili omwe amatha kuyamikiridwa paliponse m'nyumba zomanga zakale. Monga zitsanzo titha kutchula nyumba yomwe ili pafupi ndi Cathedral, yomwe inali ya Don Manuel de Othón ndipo lero ili ndi State Directorate of Tourism, komanso banja la a Muriedas mumsewu wa Zaragoza, lomwe tsopano lasandulika hotelo.
Pozungulira mzinda wokongola kwambiriwu, mutha kupeza matauni ena achikoloni okhala ndi zitsanzo zokongola, pakati pawo tawuni yotchedwa Real de Catorce, malo achitetezo akale komanso osiyidwa pomwe pali kachisi wokongola komanso wofatsa kuyambira zaka za zana la 18 Immaculate Conception, momwe chithunzi chozizwitsa cha Saint Francis waku Assisi chimasungidwa.
