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LauraelenaLelodeLarreaLópez,LuisAlbertotorresGaribay
ill.1.GeographicallocationandextentofthePartyofsantamariaHuiramangarointhe16thcentury.source:own
elaborationLelodeLarreaLopezbasedonthecartographicregisteroftheineGi,2010
ofJuandeInfante,whowasobligedtogiveassis-
tancetomeettherequirementsinordertoachieve
theprocessofevangelisationintheregion,still
pressingfurtherwiththetempleconstructionlAt
thesametime,Huiramangaroplayedaleadingrole
sinceitsfoundation,havingunderitsreligiousand
civiladministrationaconsiderableexpanseofland
includingthetownsofSanJuanTumbio,Nativi-
tasZirahuénandAjunoConception,aswellasthe
estatesofComiembaroandJujucatodedicatedto
thecultivationofmaizeandwheat,andsugarcane
fromTomendánfortheextractionofsugarl
Theseevents,coupledwiththesocialstability
inthearea,allowedthereligiouscomplexofSanta
MaríaHuiramangarotobeconstructedunderthe
divineprotectionoftheVirginoftheAsunción
andthedirectionofFrayMartíndeJesúswho,
withFrayAntonioOrtizandtheIndians,owned
theplaceandmanagedtobuildonesacredprecinct
moredistinctivethanMichoacánlThetemporality
ofitsconstructiongaveitspacealongwithformal
andexpressiveparticularitiesthatwerenotrepro-
ducedyearslaterinothergroupsbuiltnearthe
shoreofLakePátzcuarol
Theperiodofitsconstructionhasbeendated
tobetween1529and1532,beingthefirstsacral
spacedefinitivelyconstructedinthisregion,even
predatingtheestablishmentoftheBishopricof
Michoacánin1536undertheresponsibilityof
VascodeQuiroga1lThisperiodicfeatureprofiled
hybridbuildingsystemsatatimeoftransitionbe-
tweentheMoorishtendenciesandthearrivalof
theRenaissance,aswellastheuseofsymbolism
sacredforthefollowingofthedogmaticandlitur-
gicalguidelinesthatwerebeingimplementedin
SpainfromtheMiddleAges,manyofwhichwere
changedorabandonedinthemiddleofthe16th
centuryalongwiththereformsandrevisionstothe
Catholicfoundationsthatweremadeinthecityof
Trento,Italyfrom1562to16142l
Thearchitecturalstructureofthereligiouscom-
plexofSantaMaríaHuiramangarowasoriginally
madeupoffivespaces:alargeatrium,thetemple,
thepriesthouse,anorchardandanareawherethe
chapelstoodalongwiththehospitalandaccommo-
dationforthehomelessIndiansarea(Inn)lWhile
theorganisationofthewholewassimilartoother
foundations,theFranciscanscreatedfromarchi-
tecturalformsandornamentationaspace,some
formalandexpressiveschemadeeplyrelatedtothe
preceptsandpre-Tridentineevangelicaldoctrine
whichwasthentaughtl
1Warren(1990:117)l
2Martimot(1965:74-77)l
