Plaza de Armas, a square fringed with ficus trees, is the historic heart of Querétaro, thriving under the gaze of its benefactor, the Marquis de la Villa del Villar, whose statue tops the fountain (1843). The magic of the square really comes out at n..

The former convent of San Francisco houses the Museo Regional de Querétaro. This magnificent 16C convent, remodelled several times, was built around three patios highlighted by colourful mosaics and planted with mandarin orange trees. The ground floo..

Like all churches with female congregations, the Church of Santa Clara is entered through the side. Built in 1606, it contains a stunningly rich interior. The choir where the nuns attended services is separated from the nave by a magnificently made ..

Nothing seems out of place in the extraordinarily churrigueresque (16C) Church of Santa Rosa de Viterbo illuminating the Plazuela Mariano de las Casas: neither the retables by Pedro de Rojas, nor the sacristy decorated with wooden statues and a sp..