Garin Durango na yanzu ya tashi a cikin wani babban kwari wanda a ciki aka kafa wani tsohon garin Sifen mai suna Nombre de Dios.
Zuwa karni na 16, wadanda suka ci nasara a karon farko da suka tsallaka yankinsu sune Cristóbal de Oñate, José Angulo da Ginés Vázquez del Mercado, wanda ya sami labarin wani babban tsaunin azurfa, wanda a zahiri abin da ya gano ya kasance ban mamaki na baƙin ƙarfe, wanda a yau ke ɗauke da sunansa. A cikin 1562 Don Francisco de Ibarra, ɗa ga ɗaya daga cikin sanannun waɗanda suka kafa Zacatecas, ya bincika yankin kuma ya kafa Villa de Guadiana, kusa da tsohuwar ƙauyen Nombre de Dios wanda ba da daɗewa ba za a san shi da Nueva Vizcaya don tunawa da lardin Spain na inda danginsa suka fito. Saboda tsananin yanki da hana yawan mutane raguwa, Ibarra ya samo ma'adanai wanda ya baiwa yan asalin kasar da kuma mutanen Spain wadanda suke son suyi aiki da shi, tare da sharadin kawai zasu zauna a cikin garin.
Kamar yadda yake a cikin tarihin biranen mulkin mallaka da yawa, kafuwar Durango ba ta keɓe daga halartar mutane da yawa ba; Wasu daga cikinsu, ban da Don Francisco de Ibarra, su ne magatakarda Don Sebastián de Quiroz, wanda ya zana takaddar daidai, Ensign Martín de Renteria, wanda ke ɗauke da tutar yaƙi, da Kyaftin Alonso Pacheco, Martín López de Ibarra, Bartolomé na Arreola da Martín de Gamón. Fray Diego de la Cadena ya jagoranci taro na farko na kafuwar aiki a wurin da a yau ya dace da ginin a kusurwar kudu maso gabas na mahadar titin 5 de Febrero da Juárez.
Garin, wanda aka kafa a filayen da ba a san mutane ba, Cerro del Mercado ya iyakance shi a arewa, Arroyo ko Acequia Grande a kudu, wata ƙaramar tabki a yamma, da kuma gabas da fadada kwarin. Tsari na farko, "kirtani da murabba'i" a cikin siffar allon dara, sannan ya haɗa da iyakokin da titunan yanzu na Negrete suka sanya a arewa, 5 de Febrero zuwa kudu, Francisco I. Madero ta gabas da Constitución zuwa yamma.
A ƙarni na goma sha bakwai, yawancin jama'ar suna da manyan tituna huɗu waɗanda suka tashi daga gabas zuwa yamma kuma suna da yawa daga arewa zuwa kudu, tare da maƙwabta 50 na Spain. Kafa Bishopric a 1620 ya ba Durango banbancin gari. Gine-ginen ta yau suna da alamun canjin mallaka na gine-ginen mulkin mallaka, wanda ya samo asali gwargwadon matakan ci gabanta, yanayin da ya wadatar da gine-ginen ƙarni na 18 da 19.
Don haka, alal misali, mun sami babban cocinsa, wanda yake a cikin babban dandalin, kuma babban mai fa'idar ginin addini na Durango. Asalin ginin an fara shi ne a ƙarƙashin umarnin Bishop García Legazpi a kusan shekara ta 1695, bisa ga aikin da mai ginin gidan Mateo Nuñez ya gabatar. An yi imanin cewa an kusan gama aikin a cikin 1711, kodayake a 1840 an sami canji mai tsanani saboda sake fasalin da Bishop Zubiría ya ba da umarni; kodayake an kiyaye yanayin bayyanar ta na baroque mai tsananin gaske, amma duk da haka facades ɗin gefe suna nuna kyakkyawan salon churrigueresque. A cikin kayan ado na ciki, kayan kwalliyar da aka sassaka a katako, waƙoƙin mawaƙa da wasu kyawawan zane-zane da Juan Correa ya sanya hannu sun tsaya a waje.
Sauran misalai na gine-ginen addini sune wurin ibada na Guadalupe, wanda Bishop Tapiz ya gina, tare da taga mawaƙa mai ban sha'awa, gidan ibada na Uwargidan Mu na Mala'iku, wanda aka gina a cikin dutsen da aka sassaka a farkon karni na 19, Cocin Kamfanin, an gina shi a cikin 1757, cocin Santa Ana, daga ƙarshen karni na 18 tare da salon baroque matsakaici, wanda Canon Baltasar Colomo da Don Bernardo Joaquín de Mata suka gina. Hakanan abin lura shine majami'ar San Agustín, wacce aikinta ya faro daga karni na 17, da asibitin San Juan de Dios, wanda ke kiyaye wani ɓangare na ƙofar Baroque.
Dangane da tsarin gine-ginen birni, gine-ginen da aka keɓe don zama suna da yanayi na bene guda ɗaya, tare da murfin manyan ƙofofin da galibi masu fasali ke tsara su, wanda wani lokacin sukan kai rufin, inda kyawawan kayan ado ke tashi tare da medallions. Wasu daga cikin bangon na sama an gama su da asalin murtsun ruwa na asali waɗanda suke da alama suna sauƙaƙa ganuwar bango masu nauyi.
Abun takaici, saboda ci gaba, da yawa daga cikin wadannan misalai sun rasa yadda za ayi dasu. Koyaya, yana da kyau a ambaci kyawawan fadoji biyu na mulkin mallaka waɗanda suka dawwama tsawon ƙarnuka: na farko yana kan kusurwar titunan 5 de Febrero da Francisco I. Madero, wani katafaren gida ne na Don José Soberón del Campo da Larrea, lissafin farko na Valle de Súchil. An gina ginin a cikin karni na 18 kuma bayyananninta kyakkyawan misali ne na salon Churrigueresque, tare da kyakkyawar façade da kyakkyawar farfajiyar ciki. Ginin na biyu kuma na ƙarni na 18 ne kuma yana kan Calle 5 de Febrero tsakanin na Bruno Martínez da Zaragoza. Mai shi Don Juan José de Zambrano, mawadaci ne mai mallakar ƙasa, alderman, magajin gari na biyu kuma magajin gari na gari. Ginin yana cikin salon Baroque kuma yana da falsafa mai ban mamaki, wanda ya dace da bakunan bene na farko. Shahararren gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Victoria yana daga cikin shingen, yau an sake fasalinsa, wanda shine gidan wasan kwaikwayo mai zaman kansa na dangin Zambrano. A halin yanzu wannan ginin yana dauke da Fadar Gwamnati.
A cikin kewaye, yana da kyau a ziyarci garin Nombre de Dios, inda farkon ginin Franciscan a yankin yake, da Cuencamé, wanda ke adana haikalin karni na 16 wanda aka keɓe wa Saint Anthony na Padua, tare da sauƙaƙan facade a cikin salon Renaissance da cewa a cikin gida sanannen sanannen ɗaukakar Ubangijin Mapimí ne.
