In Oaxaca City, you should planned a visit to Santo Domingo church and convent. You definitively cannot go back without stopping by this monumental and interesting building. This is an obligate stop in your planned itinerary. This building, constructed from around 1551 to 1666 by the Order of Preachers (Dominican Friars), is one of the most impressive examples of colonial baroque style in Mexico.
Santo Domingo church has magnificent plasterwork finished in gold with different colors covering the nave and vaults. It surely deserves time to appreciate all its decoration full with artistic sophistication! The church still conducts catholic services and mass; it is open from 7:OO-13:OO and from 16:30-20:00. If you want to spare more time with no services being held, please consider the following service schedule, from Monday to Saturday 7:00, 8:00 and 19:30 or Sunday 7:00, 11:00, 13:00, 17:30 and 19:30.
The old Santo Domingo Monastery houses the state regional museum. Besides the already interesting tour around the monks’ cells and out-building premises, its museum displays works of art that represent the most relevant historical periods of Oaxaca, from prehispanic to post-colonial times. Some of the artwork exhibitions are in silver, hade, amethyst, rock crystal, shell and bond; the archeology rooms exhibit one of the most important collections of gold artifacts found in Monte Albán. Other rooms house collections of typical artifacts during the colony, such as baked wood statues. The ethnographic section contains the native costumes of the different ethnic groups of Oaxaca.
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