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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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