Mzinda waposachedwa wa Durango ukukwera m'chigwa chachikulu momwe tawuni yakale yaku Spain yotchedwa Nombre de Dios idakhazikitsidwa.
Chakumapeto kwa zaka za zana la 16, olanda oyamba kuwoloka gawo lake anali Cristóbal de Oñate, José Angulo ndi Ginés Vázquez del Mercado, omalizirayo omwe adakopeka ndi chimera chokhala ndi phiri lalikulu lasiliva, pomwe zomwe adapeza zinali chitsulo chosakhalitsa, chomwe lero chimadziwika ndi dzina lake. Mu 1562 Don Francisco de Ibarra, mwana wa m'modzi mwa omwe adayambitsa Zacatecas, adafufuza malowa ndikukhazikitsa Villa de Guadiana, pafupi ndi mudzi wakale wa Nombre de Dios womwe usanadziwike kuti Nueva Vizcaya pokumbukira chigawo cha Spain cha kumene banja lake linachokera. Chifukwa chakulimba kwa gawoli komanso kuteteza kuti anthu asachepere anthu okhala, Ibarra adapeza mgodi womwe adapatsa nzika zaku Spain ndi omwe amafuna kuugwira ntchito, ndi zokhazo zomwe angakhazikitse mzindawo.
Monga m'mbiri yamizinda yambiri yamakoloni, kukhazikitsidwa kwa Durango sikungafanane ndi anthu ambiri; Ena mwa iwo, kuphatikiza pa Don Francisco de Ibarra, anali mlembi Don Sebastián de Quiroz, yemwe adalemba satifiketi, Ensign Martín de Rentería, yemwe adanyamula chikwangwani chogonjetsa, ndi Captain Alonso Pacheco, Martín López de Ibarra, Bartolomé a Arreola ndi Martín de Gamón. Fray Diego de la Cadena adakhazikitsa misika yoyamba pamaziko pomwe lero akufanana ndi nyumba yomwe ili kumwera chakum'mawa kwa mphambano za 5 de Febrero ndi Juárez.
Tawuniyo, yomwe idakhazikitsidwa m'madambo opanda anthu, idachepetsedwa ndi Cerro del Mercado kumpoto, Arroyo kapena Acequia Grande kumwera, nyanja yaying'ono kumadzulo, komanso kum'mawa kufalikira kwa chigwa. Kapangidwe koyamba, "chingwe ndi sikweya" wofanana ndi bolodi la chess, kenaka adaphatikizanso malire omwe akhazikitsidwa ndi misewu yaposachedwa ya Negrete kumpoto, 5 de Febrero kumwera, Francisco I. Madero kum'mawa ndi Constitución kumadzulo.
Pofika m'zaka za zana lachisanu ndi chiwiri, anthu anali ndi misewu inayi yayikulu yomwe inkayambira kum'mawa mpaka kumadzulo komanso ambiri kuchokera kumpoto mpaka kumwera, okhala ndi oyandikira 50 aku Spain. Kukhazikitsidwa kwa Bishopu mu 1620, kumapangitsa Durango kukhala mzinda wosiyana. Kapangidwe kake kakudziwika masiku ano ndi kusintha kwa patent kwa nyumba zachikoloni, zomwe zidasintha malinga ndi kupita patsogolo kwake, zomwe zidalimbikitsa nyumba za m'zaka za zana la 18 ndi 19.
Mwachitsanzo, tikupeza Cathedral yake, yomwe ili pabwalo lalikulu, ndipo ndi malo opambana kwambiri pazomangamanga zachipembedzo ku Durango. Ntchito yomanga yoyambayo idayamba motsogoleredwa ndi Bishop García Legazpi mchaka cha 1695, malinga ndi projekiti ya wolemba zomangamanga a Mateo Nuñez. Amakhulupirira kuti ntchitoyi idatsala pang'ono kutha mu 1711, ngakhale mu 1840 idasinthidwa kwambiri chifukwa chakukonzanso komwe Bishop Bishop Zubiría adakonza; ngakhale mawonekedwe ake akunja owoneka bwino kwambiri asungidwa, komabe zipata zam'mbali zikuwonetsa mawonekedwe apamwamba a churrigueresque. Mkati mwa zokongoletsa zamkati zokongola, mipando yosema yamatabwa, masheya oyimba kwanyumba ndi zojambula zokongola zosainidwa ndi Juan Correa ndizodziwika.
Zitsanzo zina za zomangamanga zachipembedzo ndi malo opatulika a Guadalupe, omangidwa ndi Bishop Tapiz, okhala ndi zenera lochititsa chidwi la kwayala, malo opatulika a Our Lady of the Angels, omangidwa mwala wosemedwa koyambirira kwa zaka za 19th, Church of the Company, yomangidwa mu 1757, tchalitchi cha Santa Ana, kuyambira kumapeto kwa zaka za zana la 18 ndi kalembedwe kakang'ono ka baroque, kamangidwe ka Canon Baltasar Colomo ndi Don Bernardo Joaquín de Mata. Komanso chochititsa chidwi ndi nyumba ya masisitere ya San Agustín, yomwe imagwira ntchito kuyambira m'zaka za zana la 17, ndi chipatala cha San Juan de Dios, chomwe chimasunga mbali ya nyumba yake yapakhomo ya Baroque.
Ponena za zomangamanga za mzindawu, nyumba zomwe zimakhala zogona zimakhala ndi chipinda chimodzi, chokhala ndi zitseko zanyumba zazikuluzikulu zomwe nthawi zambiri zimapangidwa ndi ma pilasters owumbidwa, omwe nthawi zina amafika padenga, pomwe pamakhala mipanda yokongoletsa medallions. Makoma ena akumtunda amamalizidwa ndi chimanga choyambirira cha wavy chomwe chikuwoneka kuti chimachepetsa makoma olemera am'mbali.
Tsoka ilo, chifukwa cha kupita patsogolo yambiri ya zitsanzozi yatayika mosasinthika. Komabe, ndizomveka kutchula nyumba zachifumu ziwiri zokongola zomwe zakhala zikupitilira zaka mazana ambiri: yoyamba ili pakona ya misewu ya 5 de Febrero ndi Francisco I. Madero, nyumba yokongola ya Don José Soberón del Campo ndi Larrea, kuwerengera koyamba ku Chigwa cha Súchil. Nyumbayi idamangidwa m'zaka za zana la 18 ndipo mawonekedwe ake ndi chitsanzo chabwino cha kalembedwe ka Churrigueresque, kokhala ndi façade yokongola komanso pakhonde labwino mkati. Nyumba yachiwiriyi ndi ya m'zaka za zana la 18 ndipo ili pa Calle 5 de Febrero pakati pa Bruno Martínez ndi Zaragoza. Mwini wake anali a Don Juan José de Zambrano, wachuma wokhala ndi malo, alderman, bendera lachifumu komanso meya wamba wa mzindawo. Nyumbayi ili kalembedwe ka Baroque ndipo ili ndi falconry yodabwitsa, yomwe imagwirizana ndi zipilala zoyambira pansi. Victoria Theatre yotchuka ndi gawo la mpandawo, womwe udakonzedwanso lero, womwe unali bwalo lamasewera la banja la Zambrano. Pakadali pano nyumbayi ili ndi Nyumba Yaboma.
M'madera ozungulira ndikulimbikitsidwa kuti mukayendere tawuni ya Nombre de Dios, komwe kuli nyumba zoyambirira zaku Franciscan m'chigawochi, ndi Cuencamé, yomwe imasunga kachisi wazaka za 16th woperekedwa kwa Saint Anthony waku Padua, wokhala ndi chovala chosavuta cha Renaissance kuti mkatimo muli chithunzi chodziwika bwino komanso cholemekezeka cha Ambuye wa Mapimí.
