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LauraelenaLelodeLarreaLópez
LuisAlbertotorresGaribay
UniversidadmichoacanadesannicolásdeHidalgo,morelia,mexico
muslimspanishremainsinsantamaríaHuiramangaro,
michoacán
Theexchangeofculturesthataroseduringthe16th
centurythatbroughtthenativepre-Hispanicsocie-
tiesfacetofacewithcustomsandpracticesbrought
fromtheIberianpeninsulawerethebasisforthe
consolidationofthenewculturecalledNewSpain,
withtheimpositionofCatholicismthroughthe
evangelisationofthenatives,oneofthephenom-
enathatleftadeepmarkontheterritoryandthe
conqueredsocietyl
WiththearrivalofthefirstFranciscanfriars,
andlatertheAugustiniansandDominicans,began
aconstructivedevelopmentfocusedonproducing
areligiousarchitecturethatwouldincludeappro-
priatespacesforinstructingIndiansonChristian
principlesandbeliefs,aswellasforthecelebration
ofmassesandsacramentsthatwereconsideredman-
datorytraininglThisarchitecturaldevelopment
generatedsacredprecinctsofaverydiversenature
ineachoneoftheregionsevangelised,characteristi-
callyreproducedintheMichoacánterritoryl
Thechroniclesandsurvivingmanuscriptsdate
backtothearrivalofthefirstfriarsbelongingtothe
OrderoftheobservantFranciscanstoTzintzuntzan
in1525-themostimportanturban,politicaland
ceremonialcentreoftheUnitedP´urhepechain
MichoacánlReligiousmissionariesremainedinthe
townforaboutayearinordertolearnthelanguage
andlocalcustomsbeforeanyactualevangelicalwork
started,afterwhichtheyexpandedtheirteachings
tootherplacesinthevicinityofLakePátzcuarol
TheprocessoffoundingprimitiveChristian
populationswasfocusedmainlyonindigenous
peoplescatteredinpredeterminedspacesthathad
experiencedapre-Hispanicoccupation,usuallylo-
catedinmountainsandhillslThefirstprovisional
chapelswerebuiltthereusingmaterialsfromthe
region,providingafledglingcatholicinstructionl
However,until1529mostofthesesettlementswere
movedtothelowerpartsofthevalleystofacilitate
communicationbetweenthepopulationsandexer-
ciseagreaterHispaniccontrolovertheinhabitants
lOneofthesenewcongregationswouldestablish
thetownofHuiramangarol
Thankstothelocationandstudyofthetitleof
theRoyalfavourthatwasgrantedtothevillageof
Huiramangaroin1532bytheSpanishCrown,it
isnowknownthattherewasanindigenoussettle-
mentthatprecededitaround1527-1528inthe
hillofSanMateodelaCruz,whereasAntoniode
Carvajalhadreportedthepresenceofsixhousesin
1524atthesiteknownasViramangarum,which
intheP´urhépechalanguagemeans"placeofstone
slab"
,whichwouldlateradoptthechristianised
nameofSantaMaríaHuiramangaro(illl1)l
Sinceitsinception,theseatenjoyedsufficient
financialresourcestostayundertheEncomienda
