Ginin da aka gina a kan gangaren tsaunuka, tsarin biranen wannan birni dole ne ya dace da yanayin yanayin ƙasa, kodayake ƙoƙarin girmama fasalin mai kama da dara.
Wannan yanayin a cikin dogon lokaci ya ba shi damar haɓaka cikin sikeli da daidaituwa, wanda cikin ƙarnuka suka kiyaye ainihin halayensa. Tushenta ya samo asali ne daga bukatar kiyayewa da kiyaye matafiya waɗanda suka yi jigila tsakanin Zacatecas da babban birnin masarautar New Spain a lokacin, suna jigilar ma'adanai galibi da waɗanda makiyaya 'yan asalin ƙasar Chichimeca suka kewaye su.Kusan shekara ta 1542, Fray Juan de San Miguel ya kafa a kusa da garin yanzu wani gari mai suna Itzcuinapan, yana keɓe Babban Mala'ikan San Miguel a matsayin waliyin waliyi. Wannan tsohuwar jama'ar tana da matsaloli masu yawa game da samar da ruwa, ban da ci gaba da munanan hare-hare na 'yan asalin Chichimecas na yankunan da ke kewaye. A saboda wannan dalili, mazaunan Villa de San Miguel suka ƙaura da zama 'yan kilomita kaɗan zuwa arewa maso gabas; wannan shine wurin da a cikin 1555, bisa roƙon mataimakin magajin Don Luis de Velasco, za a kafa Villa de San Miguel el Grande don Don Ángel de Villafañe. Mataimakin ya kuma bukaci makwabtan Spain su zauna a wurin wadanda za a ba su filaye da dabbobi, yayin da za a gafarta wa ‘yan asalin da ke zaune a ciki kuma shugabanninsu za su yi musu jagoranci don kauce wa tawaye a nan gaba.
A ranar 8 ga Maris, 1826, Majalisar Dokokin Jiha ta mayar da ita birni kuma ta canza suna, wanda daga yanzu zai zama San Miguel de Allende, don girmama shahararren ɗan tawayen da aka haifa a can a 1779.
A cikin wannan hoton mai ban sha'awa na mulkin mallaka, akwai manyan fadoji na wannan lokacin. Daga cikin wadanda suka fi fice su ne Fadar Municipal, wanda a da aka gina gidan gari a shekarar 1736. Gidan da aka haife Ignacio Allende, misali ne na tsarin gine-ginen Baroque na birni, musamman a kan facin sa, wanda a yanzu yake Gidan Tarihi na Yanki. Casa del Mayorazgo de la Canal, tare da kyakkyawan façade neoclassical façade, an kammala shi zuwa ƙarshen karni na 18 ta hanyar José Mariano de la Canal y Hervas, alderman, dean and the carignign. Tsohon gidan manon Don Manuel T. de la Canal, gini ne daga 1735 wanda aka sake tsara shi bisa ga wani aikin da mashahurin masanin Spain Don Manuel Tolsá ya yi a 1809; Ginin a halin yanzu yana da Cibiyar Allende kuma yana haskaka faɗin farfajiyar ciki, kyakkyawan ɗakin sujada da kayan wasan kwaikwayo na ban mamaki. Gidan Inquisitor, wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin gidan kwamishina na Ofishin Mai Tsarki kuma ya samo asali ne daga 1780. Gidan Marqués de Jaral de Berrio, wanda aka gina a ƙarshen karni na 18, da na tsididdigar Loja tare da kyakkyawar façade.
Game da gine-ginen addini, birni yana alfahari da ɗakunan gine-gine masu tamani mai ban mamaki, kamar coci da gidan zuhudu na Santo Domingo, wani katafaren gini daga 1737. Gidan zuhudu na Leal de la Concepción, wanda a yanzu shine Cibiyar Al'adu, Gini ne mai ban mamaki don babbar baranda; An gina shi a karni na 18 ta hanyar mai ginin Francisco Martínez Gudlño.
Gidan sujada na Santa Cruz del Chorro, ɗayan tsofaffi; haikalin Dokoki na Uku, wanda ya fara daga farkon karni na sha bakwai. Kyakkyawan hadadden haikalin da kuma faɗin San Felipe Neri, daga farkon ƙarni na 18; cocin yana da façade mai ban sha'awa na baroque wanda aka yi shi a cikin zinare mai ruwan hoda kuma an kawata shi da tasirin influencean asalin ƙasa mai ƙarfi. Cikinta yana da kayan ado iri daban daban masu kayatarwa tsakanin kayan daki, zane-zane da zane-zane wanda ya cancanci a yaba musu, ban da kyawawan ɗakin sujada na Santa Casa de Loreto da Camarín de la Virgen, duka an yi musu ado da kyau kuma saboda bautar Marquis Manuel Tomás de la Canal. Kusa da bakin magana ne haikalin Uwargidanmu na Kiwan Lafiya, wanda aka gina a karni na 18 tare da façade facess wanda ya sami babban harsashi.
Hakanan daga cikin mafi kyawun birni, akwai gidan ibada na San Francisco, tun daga ƙarni na 18, tare da kyawawan façade na Churrigueresque, kuma mashahurin Ikklesiyar kusan alama ce ta San Miguel de Allende; Kodayake tsarin neo-gothic na zamani shine na kwanan nan, an gina shi akan tsarin tsohuwar haikalin ƙarni na 17, yana mutunta abubuwan da ke ciki da kuma tsarinta na asali.
Kusa da birni shine tsattsarkan wurin Atotonilco, ginin ƙarni na 13 wanda yayi daidai gwargwado wanda yayi kama da sansanin soja da ciki wanda aka kiyaye zane-zane masu mahimmanci daga ƙarni ɗaya.
