A cikin babban yankin da a yau ya kunshi jihar San Luis Potosí, a zamanin jahiliyya akwai wasu rukunin Chichimeca da suka watsu da ake kira Huastecos, Pames da Guachichiles.
Zuwa 1587, Kyaftin Miguel Caldera ya shiga yankin da ba za a iya amfani da shi ba tare da manufar sasanta wadannan kabilun bellicose wadanda suka addabi 'yan kasuwa. Daga baya, a cikin 1591, mataimakin magajin Don Luis de Velasco ya tura Tlaxcalans Indiyawa don su mamaye arewacin New Spain; Wani ɓangare daga cikinsu ya zauna a cikin abin da zai zama yankin Tlaxcalilla ɗayan kuma a cikin Mexquitic, wani ɗan asalin garin arewacin arewacin garin na yanzu.
A shekara ta 1592 Fray Diego de la Magdalena, wanda ke rakiyar Kyaftin Caldera, ya sami nasarar tattara wasu Baƙin Indiyawan Guachichil a wani wuri kusa da wani yanki na maɓuɓɓugan ruwa, wani fanni da ake ɗauka a matsayin wani shiri na farko, tunda a wannan shekarar, a kan dutse daga San Pedro, Francisco Franco, mai kula da gidan zuhudu na Mexquitic, Gregorio de León, Juan de la Torre da Pedro de Anda ne suka gano ma'adinan ma'adinai. Latterarshen ya ba wa shafin suna San Pedro del Potosí. Saboda rashin ruwa, sai masu hakar ma'adinan suka koma kwarin suka sake komawa Indiyawan da suka mamaye ta, suna kiranta da San Luis Minas del Potosí.
Kyaftin Caldera da Juan de Oñate sun halatta kafuwar a shekara ta 1592. An ba da taken birni a shekarar 1656 ta hannun magajin Duke na Albuquerque, kodayake Sarki Felipe IV ne ya tabbatar da hakan har sai bayan shekaru biyu. Tsarin birni ya ba da amsa game da makirci irin na chessboard, tun da aka sanya shi a fili, ba shi da wahala wajen aiwatar da shi, don haka an shirya babban filin a gefen wajan Katolika da gidajen sarauta za su fara tashi kewaye da tubala goma sha biyu.
A yau San Luis Potosí kyakkyawan wuri ne, mai martaba kuma kusan mai martaba saboda dukiyar da aka barnata ta haƙar ma'adinan ta, wanda aka nuna a cikin gine-ginen mulkin mallaka a matsayin shaidar ƙarfin gwamnatin New Hispanic. Daga waɗancan abubuwan tarihin, Cathedral misali ne mai kyau; wanda ke gefen gabas na Plaza de Armas, adadi ya maye gurbin tsohuwar cocin na ƙarni na 16. Sabon ginin an gina shi ne zuwa ƙarshen ƙarni na 17 da farkon karni na 18, a cikin kyakkyawan salon Baroque na tsarin Sulemanu. Kusa da ita Fadar Municipal ce, a kan shafin inda gidajen masarauta suke kuma waɗanda aka rushe a cikin karni na 18 don gina gini ta hanyar umarnin baƙo José de Gálvez.
A arewacin filin za ku iya ganin gidan da ya fi tsufa a cikin birni, wanda mallakar Laftanar Don Manuel de la Gándara ne, kawun babban mataimakin Mexico ne kaɗai, tare da kyakkyawar farfajiyar ciki tare da irin yanayin mulkin mallaka. Daga gabas akwai ginin da ke dauke da Fadar Gwamnati; Kodayake wannan salon neoclassical ne, mai yuwuwa tun daga farkon shekarun, yana tsaye inda Hallakin Gari na karni na 18 ya kasance. A gefen kusurwar wannan ginin akwai Plaza Fundadores ko Plazuela de la Compañía kuma a gefen arewa jami'ar Potosina ta yanzu, wacce tsohuwar kwalejin Jesuit ce da aka gina a 1653, har yanzu tana nuna fasalin Baroque mai sauƙi da kyakkyawan ɗakin bautar Loreto. tare da facin baroque da ginshikan Sulemanu.
Wani saitin da yake kawata San Luis Potosí shine Plaza de San Francisco, inda gidan ibada da gidan ibada masu wannan sunan suke; haikalin yana ɗaya daga cikin mahimmancin salon salon baroque, an gina shi tsakanin 1591 da 1686 kuma tsarkakakkun abubuwan sa yana tsaye, wanda shine ɗayan misalan wadatattun gine-ginen addini na potosine.
Gidan zuhudu gini ne na karni na 17 wanda ke dauke da Gidan Tarihi na Yankin Potosino. A cikin shingen, yana yiwuwa a yaba wa sanannen ɗakin sujada na Aránzazu daga tsakiyar karni na 18, wanda ke wakiltar cikakken misali na Potosino Baroque, wanda ya haɗa da sanannun abubuwan Churrigueresque a cikin salonta bisa dogaro da kayan ado; haɗe zuwa gidan zuhudun shine gidajen ibada na Umurni na Uku da na Tsarkakakkiyar Zuciya waɗanda suka kasance ɓangare na shi.
Plaza del Carmen wani kyakkyawan hadadden gida ne wanda ya mamaye wannan birni na mulkin mallaka; a cikin yanayinta akwai gidan ibada na Carmen, wanda Don Nicolás Fernando de Torres ya ba da umarnin gina shi. An albarkace shi a cikin 1764, gine-ginensa shaida ce ta salon da ake kira ultra-baroque, wanda aka nuna a ƙofar gefensa tare da kayan ado masu kyau da kyau, haka kuma a cikin farfajiyar sacristy da bagade na ɗakin sujada na Budurwa Maryamu, na ƙarshe Idan aka kwatanta da kyau tare da ɗakin sujada na Virgen del Rosario da Santa María Tonantzintla de Puebla.
Kammala taron gabaɗaya, Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Peace da Gidan Tarihi na theasa na Maska, duka gine-ginen ƙarni na goma sha tara ne. Sauran gine-ginen addini masu dacewa sune: zuwa arewacin lambun Escobedo, Ikklisiyoyin Rosario da San Juan de Dios, na ƙarshe da Juanino friars suka gina a cikin karni na 17, tare da asibitin da ya haɗu, wanda a yanzu yake makaranta. Hakanan daga wannan lokacin shine kyakkyawan Calzada de Guadalupe wanda ya ƙare, a ƙarshen kudu, a cikin gidan ibada na Guadalupe, wanda aka gina a cikin salon Baroque ta Felipe Cleere a ƙarni na 18; A cikin arewacin hanyar zaku iya ganin akwatin ruwa na alama wanda aka gina a karnin da ya gabata kuma yayi la'akari da abin tunawa na ƙasa.
Hakanan ya cancanci ambata haikalin San Cristóbal, wanda aka gina tsakanin 1730 da 1747, wanda duk da gyare-gyarensa har yanzu yana kiyaye favesade na asali, wanda za'a iya gani akan baya; haikalin San Agustín, tare da hasumiyai na baroque, waɗanda aka gina tsakanin ƙarni na sha bakwai da sha takwas ta hanyar Fray Pedro de Castroverde da majami'ar da ta fi dacewa ta San Miguelito a cikin unguwa da sunan iri ɗaya, kuma a cikin salon Baroque.
Dangane da gine-ginen farar hula, gidajen Potosí suna nuna halaye na musamman waɗanda za'a iya gani akasarin barandarsu, tare da ɗakuna masu ado da nau'ikan siffofi da abubuwa waɗanda ake gani waɗanda masu fasaha suka yi tunaninsu kuma ana iya yaba musu a kowane mataki. a cikin gine-ginen cibiyar tarihi. Misali za mu iya ambaton gidan da ke kusa da Cathedral, wanda mallakar Don Manuel de Othón ne wanda a yau ke da Ofishin Kula da Yawon Bude Ido, da na gidan Muriedas da ke kan titin Zaragoza, yau an canza shi zuwa otal.
A cikin kewayen wannan kyakkyawan birni, zaka iya samun wasu garuruwan mulkin mallaka tare da kyawawan misalai na gine-gine, daga cikin garin da aka sani da Real de Catorce ya yi fice, tsohuwar cibiyar hakar ma'adinai wacce aka watsar da ita wanda a ciki akwai kyakkyawan haikali mai kyau kuma mai kyau daga karni na 18 wanda aka sadaukar Tsarkake Tsarkakewa, wanda a ciki aka adana hoton ban mamaki na Saint Francis na Assisi.
