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The following is a list of the oldest extant church in each of the administrative divisions of Mexico. The first place of Christian worship in what would become Mexico was in what is now known as La Antigua, Veracruz, founded by the Spanish in 1519.
The church is located on the east side of the Plaza of Santa Veracruz, between 2 de Abril and Valeriano Trijillo Streets facing Hidalgo Street and the Alameda Central. [1] The church was significantly damaged by the 2017 Mexico City earthquake, and by two fires in 2020.
The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven (Spanish: Catedral Metropolitana de la Asunción de la Bienaventurada Virgen María a los cielos), also commonly called the Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral, is the cathedral church of the Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico. [2]
Old Capilla de Indios. It is a church built in 1649 by Luis Lasso de la Vega. According to tradition, it housed the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe from 1695 to 1709 —the year in which it was transferred to the church known as the Old Basilica— and the standard of Miguel Hidalgo from 1853 to 1896. The name is due to the fact that this chapel ...
Built between 1520 and 1552, it is one of three oldest parish churches in Mexico City, along with the ones in Tlalpan and the small community of Amaqueman. [ 21 ] [ 25 ] Originally, this church and the cloister next to it were constructed as a monastery by the Dominicans , but the complex was transferred to the Franciscans .
Archdiocese of Mexico The Royal Convent of the Most Clean and Most Pure Conception is a church in Mexico City , in its downtown . From the huge complex, only the church remains, along with a minimal fraction of the convent, but in its time it used to be the largest and richest nunnery in the whole city.
The church standing today is the third to be built on the site. The first two sunk into the soft soil underneath Mexico City and had to be torn down. [2] This church was built between 1710 and 1716. Although the entire building is known as the San Francisco Church, the entrance on Madero Street is actually the entrance to the Balvanera Chapel.
La Santísima Church is located 12 La Santísima Street at corner of Emiliano Zapata Street in the historic center of Mexico City. [1] Its full name is Church and Hospital of the Most Holy Trinity (Templo y Antiguo Hospital de la Santisíma Trinidad) . [ 2 ]