New Spain · event 6 of 9

1573

The cathedral is begun. It takes 240 years to finish, which is why it runs through Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical in one building.

The New Spain era

  1. 13 August 1521
  2. 1524
  3. 1531
  4. 1535
  5. 1553
  6. 1573
  7. 1607
  8. 1629
  9. 1692

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