Sangalalani ndi umodzi mwamizinda yoyimira atsamunda ku Mexico. Nyumba zake zakale zidzakuwuzani mbiriyakale ya anthu ake.
Mizinda yomwe idakhazikitsidwa ku Mexico nthawi ya Colony sinathe kukhazikika pamalo abwino, chifukwa cha malo awo, kuti apange malo omata omwe anali osavuta kugawa, monga gridi yomwe oyang'anira atsamunda aku Spain adatsata mwatsatanetsatane.
Mizinda yama migodi imangowonekera m'malo omwe mitsempha ya metalliferous imapezeka, ndipo ngati izi zikuchitika kumadera akutali, ovuta kufikako komanso ovuta kumanga pamtunda wawo, munthu akhoza kungosiya ntchito. Ku Mexico milandu yodziwika bwino yamtunduwu ndi Guanajuato, Taxco ndi Zacatecas. Anthuwa, opanda gridi yomwe imawonekera mofananira kwambiri osati pang'ono chabe, m'malo mwake amakhala ndi malingaliro osangalatsa komanso osiyanasiyana, odzaza ndi zodabwitsa: kusakhazikika kwawo kumakhala mwayi wosakayika wokongoletsa.
Anthu oyamba kukhala ku Zacatecas, a Zacatecos, adakana mwamphamvu zoyeserera zoyambirira zaku Spain zofuna kulanda malowa, cha m'ma 1540. Chuma chamcherechi chidapambana ndipo aku Spain adatsalira.
Chigwa chomwe mzindawo ungakule chimapanga nsalu za misewu yopanda tanthauzo, yomwe imakulitsa mwadzidzidzi kupanga bwalo, ngati lalikulu, lomwe oyambitsa ake sanazindikire, osokonezeka ndi msewu wawutali, womwe nyumba zake zimapereka koposa zonse, monga tchalitchichi, chomwe zokongoletsera zake zokongola zimasiya iwo omwe amaziwona koyamba osalankhula. Nyumbayi idayamba mozungulira 1730 ngati parishi ndipo kapangidwe kake amadziwika kuti ndiomanga Domingo Ximénez Hernández. Mu 1745 façade yayikulu idamalizidwa, yomwe imakwera ngati mwala wopingasa wopingasa pakati pa maziko a nsanjazo. Mizati yokongoletsera yonse idapangidwa bwino kwambiri, yopumula mwamphamvu (nthawi zina mpaka masentimita khumi). Nyumba khumi ndi zitatu Khristu ndi atumwi khumi ndi awiriwo. Zojambula zina zimafotokoza za Kusakhazikika Kwa Mimba, Utatu ndi Ukalistia, woimiridwa ndi magulu a mphesa ndi angelo okhala ndi zida zoimbira. Mapeto ake, monga a Robert J. Mullen akunenera, "ndichinthu chodabwitsa kwambiri chosema. Maluwa osemedwa bwino, okhala ndi mapangidwe apadera komanso apadera, okhala ndi zojambulazo zakuya, amapanga chimango, chomwe chimayenda mosalekeza m'mbali mwa thupi lachitatu mopanda phokoso. Palibe sentimita imodzi ya danga lomwe linasiyidwa lopanda kanthu ”.
Tchalitchichi ndi umboni wa kutukuka kwa msika wama Zacatecan m'zaka za m'ma chakhumi ndi chisanu ndi chisanu ndi chiwiri komanso mzaka za zana lachisanu ndi chitatu, motero nyumba zambiri zachikoloni mzindawu zidayamba kuyambira nthawi imeneyi. Akachisi a Santo Domingo, aku San Agustín (osandulika nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale, ndi mpumulo wokongola kumpoto kwawo) ndi San Francisco (osatinso zipinda zadenga lake, ndipo nyumba yake yachifumu yakale tsopano ndi Museum of the Rafael Mask amaonekera). Coronel), komanso koleji yakale ya Jesuit, yomwe ili ndi Pedro Coronel Museum. Mwa zina mwa zomangamanga ndikofunikira kutchula Palacio de la Mala Noche, lero Khothi Lalikulu la Chilungamo, Purezidenti wapano wa Municipal, Rectory of University ndi Casa de la Condesa. Calderón Theatre idayamba m'zaka za zana la 19, pomwe wakale Mercado González Ortega ndi nyumba yodziwika bwino ya Porfirian, ndipo nyumba yomwe ili ndi Goitia Museum ndichitsanzo chosangalatsa cha zomangamanga kuyambira nthawi yomweyo. Ng'ombe ya San Pedro, yomwe masiku ano yasandulika hotelo, ndiyofunika kuwona. Maonekedwe okongola a mzindawo ochokera ku Cerro de la Bufa sayenera kuyiwalika. Pomaliza, chomwe sichinganyalanyazidwe ndichakuti likulu lodziwika bwino la mzinda wa Zacatecas lidalengezedwa kuti ndi World Heritage Site mu 1993.
