Sanin wannan garin cewa a shekarar 1990 an ayyana shi a matsayin Yankin Tarihin Tarihi, kuma a cikin 1991, Tarihin Duniya.
Wani kusurwa na Mexico wanda ke adana tarihi da babban al'adun gargajiya a cikin ganuwarta. Kafin isowar Mutanen Spain, a wurin da Morelia ke tsaye yanzu, wani ɗan garin Purepecha da ake kira Guayangareo ya zauna. Foreignersasashen waje na farko da suka isa wannan rukunin sune Franciscans, waɗanda suka gina gidan ibada a nan a cikin 1530, kuma da alama wannan garin zai kasance saura ɗaya kawai a cikin yankin, in ba don arangamar da ta faru tsakanin ƙungiyoyi biyu na addinin Ispaniya ba kafa na bishopric na Michoacán: wasu suna so ya kasance a Tzintzuntzan yayin da wasu ke karkata zuwa Pátzcuaro, don haka hukumomin mulkin mallaka suka sanya batun tsaka tsaki na uku, a 1541, kuma Guayangareo aka sake masa suna Valladolid, kodayake shekaru da yawa ana ci gaba da saninsa da tsohuwar sunan ta Purépecha. Encomenderos ne ya fara mamaye garin, wanda ke amfani da 'yan asalin ƙasar don amfani da amfanin gona. Tsarin Yammacin Sifen na birni yana ba da amsa ga tsarin layin wutar, wanda ya fi yawa a ƙauyukan mulkin mallaka na Amurka.
Valladolid na farkon shekarunsa masu kyau ne. A cikin 1585 wani rahoto ya bayyana kasancewar babban coci da kuma majami'un farko na Jesuit, Augustine da Franciscans, suna ambaton cewa gidajen garin an yi su ne da adobe. A karshen wancan karnin an gina haikalin da gidan zuhudu na Santa Rosa, kuma shahararren mai zanen Karmel din nan Andrés de San Miguel, marubucin littafi da sauran gine-ginen umarni, ya tsara haikalin da gidan zuhudu na El Carmen, wanda aka kammala a karnin XVII kuma wanda ke Gidan Gidan Al'adu a halin yanzu. Ya kasance a cikin ƙarni na goma sha bakwai da goma sha takwas lokacin da ya gina ɗayan fitattun gine-gine a Morelia, babban cocinsa na yanzu, bisa ga aikin mai ginin Vicencio Barroso de la Escayola. Sanannen Colegio de San Francisco Javier, wanda aka sani da Palacio Clavijero, yana ofisoshin ofarfin zartarwa. An fara shi a cikin karni na 17. A cikin karni na 18 aka gina Conservatory da ake kira yanzu De Las Rosas, irinta na farko a Amurka, kuma har yanzu tana aiki. Aya daga cikin sanannun sifofin garin shine dutse mai ruwan hoda, wanda ke ba da haɗin kai ga gine-ginen mulkin mallaka da waɗanda ke da dangantaka tun ƙarni na farko na rayuwar 'yanci.
Sanannen shine magudanar ruwa, alamar birni, wanda Antonio de San Miguel ya gina a ƙarshen karni na 18, kuma Morelia na iya yin alfahari da adadi mai yawa na gidanta da aka yi da duwatsu kuma tare da wasu kyawawan kyawawan wurare da asali waɗanda za'a iya gani a Mexico. , godiya ga gwanintar wasannin kiban kibiya. Misalan gine-ginen gida sun hada da mahaifar Morelos da gidan da ake kira Empress House (yanzu Gidan Tarihi na Jiha), da na Count of Sierra Gorda da na Canon Belaunzarán. Kyakkyawan sunan garin na yanzu yana girmama mafi kyawun 'ya'yanta, gwarzo ɗan tawaye José María Morelos y Pavón.
A cikin karni na 19, gine-ginen gida da na jama'a na Morelia sun dauki dabi'ar ilimi a wannan lokacin, kamar yadda ya faru a wasu sassan Jamhuriyar. A 1861 aka gina gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Ocampo, wanda mai zane Juan Zapari ya gina. Daga cikin masu aikin gini a wannan lokacin akwai Guillermo Wodon de Sorinne (marubucin aikin don sabon ginin Colegio de San Nicolás de Hidalgo) da Adolfo Tresmontels.
