Wannan hadadden tsarin hadadden wuri ne, da farko, don girman girmansa.
An fara ne a ƙarshen karni na 16, yana adana halayyar ƙarfin soja irin na gine-ginen addini na wannan karnin; Bishop na Spain na karshe na Oaxaca, Antonio Bergosa, ya san da hakan lokacin da ya koma can don ya yi biris da ci gaban sojojin José María Morelos a lokacin Yaƙin Samun 'Yanci. Baturen addinin Ingilishi Thomas Gage, daya daga cikin mahimman ƙididdigar tarihin mulkin mallaka, ya sami damar ganin an kammala aikin a cikin 1620s, yana mai lura da cewa kaurin ganuwarta ya ba da damar keken da shanu suka zana yawo da su, kuma ya nuna babban ikon tattalin arziki na Dominicans na Oaxaca. A zamanin yau, mai son lura, marubucin Burtaniya-Ba'amurke Oliver Sacks, lokacin da yake tattarawa a cikin wata jarida da aka wallafa kwanan nan abubuwan da ya ji game da tafiyarsa zuwa Oaxaca a 2000, ya ambaci wani abu makamancin haka: “Haikali ne mai girma, mai walƙiya… ba tare da inci ba wancan ba zinariya bane. Wannan cocin yana samar da wata ma'ana ta iko da dukiya, ta wadanda ke zaune a ciki ”. Sannan ya tambayi kansa, a matsayinsa na mutumin zamani, a ɗaya gefen tsabar kuɗin: "Ina mamakin nawa duk bayin da aka samu a cikin ma'adinan ta hannun bayi." Aƙarshe, Jaka ya tsaya ga abin da watakila shine mafi kyawun aikin mulkin mallaka na fasaha a duk Oaxaca: sanannen bishiyar dangin polychrome, wanda aka sassaka shi a cikin stucco a cikin ƙananan ɓangaren vault wanda ke tallafawa ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta wannan cocin. Sacks ya ce: "A jikin silin an zana wata katuwar bishiyar zinare, wanda rassanta suka rataye manyan fada da na coci: Coci da Jiha sun gauraye, a matsayin iko guda."
Cikin cikin haikalin yana da tsakar ruwa guda ɗaya, kusan mita saba'in, tare da ɗakunan bauta a ɓangarorin biyu, kuma akwai gidan ibada a haɗe, na Rosary. Abubuwan bagade na zinare na ƙarshen da na babban nave na mulkin mallaka ne a bayyane, amma an zartar da shi a tsakiyar karni na 20 biyo bayan ra'ayoyin maidowa da Faransancin Viollet-le-Duc ya gabatar a ƙarni na 19. Game da tsohuwar gidan zuhudu, babban abin da ya fi fice shi ne gidan kayan tarihin da ke wurin, wanda ke taskace manyan ayyukan al'adun Zapotec da na Mixtec na Oaxaca. Babban abin mamakin shine binciken da Alfonso Caso yayi a 1932 a Kabarin 7 na garin archaeological wanda aka sani yau Monte Albán (tsohon Teutlitepec), wanda ya kunshi tsayayyun saiti na kayan aikin gwal masu kyau, da kayan adon dutsen lu'ulu'u da an sassaka alabaster mai kyau da sassauƙaƙƙen sassaƙan ƙashi, haɗi da kayan ƙyalle da ƙwan turquoise. Sanannen abu ne kayan tarihin kayan adon kayan tarihin, irin na Escrib de Cuilapan, na dabi'ar halitta, kuma ta wata hanya ta musamman kayan kwalliyar anthropomorphic da braziers (wani lokacin ana kawata su sosai), duk ba tare da manta polychrome ceramics ba.
Tsohon gidan ibada, kodayake tun daga karni na goma sha bakwai, yana da alama ya kasance daga wani zamanin da ya gabata saboda hanyoyin magance shi, kamar yadda ake gani a cikin farfajiyar farfajiyar, tare da abubuwan da aka yi a zamanin da, waɗanda watakila sune mafi yawan tilasta sanya tsohon wurin zama na friars. cewa suna riƙe kusan bayyanar su ta asali. Abin lura kuma matattakala ce wacce ke haɗa matakan biyu na kayan kwalliyar.
Sauran ginin an tsoma baki a cikin shekaru casa'in bayan ra'ayoyin maƙerin gine-ginen da aka ambata Leduc, a cikin abin da ake tsammanin shine mafi dacewa da salon mulkin mallaka don maye gurbin ɓatattun sassan ginin. A ƙarshe, ba za mu iya kasa faɗar ambaton babban filin da ya gabace hadadden –haka da haikalin Santo Domingo ba, wanda kuma a yau kusan babu komai.
