colonial town of San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca

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The colonial town of San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca was a Spanish-established settlement in Oaxaca, Mexico, built over a major pre-Hispanic Mixtec center and known for its imposing 16th-century Dominican church and convent complex.

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colonial town of San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish colonial settlement ⓘ
colonial town ⓘ
archaeologicalContext overlies major pre-Hispanic Mixtec polity center ⓘ
architecturalStyle Spanish colonial architecture ⓘ
associatedLanguage Mixtec languages ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
associatedPeople Mixtec population of Coixtlahuaca Valley ⓘ
builtEnvironment stone masonry religious complex ⓘ
builtOver pre-Hispanic Mixtec center of Coixtlahuaca ⓘ
colonialAdministrativeUnit Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
colonialPower Spain ⓘ
constructionCentury 16th century ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
culturalLayer pre-Hispanic Mixtec urban center ⓘ
culturalSignificance key node in Dominican missionary network in Mixteca ⓘ
currentMunicipality San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca Municipality ⓘ
ethnicContext Mixtec ⓘ
function administrative center ⓘ
mission town ⓘ
religious center ⓘ
hasPart 16th-century church and convent complex ⓘ
Dominican church of San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca ⓘ
Dominican convent of San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca ⓘ
heritageStatus recognized as historic site at state level (Oaxaca) ⓘ
heritageValue example of colonial construction over pre-Hispanic urban center ⓘ
important example of early Dominican architecture in Oaxaca ⓘ
historicalStratum colonial layer over pre-Hispanic city ⓘ
locatedIn Coixtlahuaca Valley ⓘ
Oaxaca ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity State of Oaxaca ⓘ
locatedInRegion Mixteca region ⓘ
locatedOnContinent North America ⓘ
mainReligionDuringColonialPeriod Catholicism ⓘ
notableFor fusion of Mixtec and Spanish colonial traditions ⓘ
imposing 16th-century Dominican church ⓘ
large convent complex ⓘ
preHispanicCulture Mixtec civilization ⓘ
primaryChurchDedication Saint John the Baptist ⓘ
linked to: John the Baptist
regionHistorically Nueva España ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
religiousJurisdiction Dominican province in Oaxaca ⓘ
religiousOrderInvolved Dominican Order ⓘ
linked to: Dominican friars
significantEvent Spanish evangelization of Mixtec region ⓘ
timePeriod 16th century ⓘ
urbanMorphology Spanish grid plan superimposed on pre-Hispanic center ⓘ

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Coixtlahuaca → predecessorOf → colonial town of San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca ⓘ