Temple and Ex-Convent of San Francisco

Temple and Ex-Convent of San Francisco (HM2FRC)

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N 22° 8.96', W 100° 58.635'

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Templo y Ex Convento de San FranciscoEn 1592, a raíz del descubrimiento de las minas de Cerro de San Pedro, se fundó el pueblo de San Luis Potosí que contó con varias haciendas de beneficio. Frailes franciscanos atendían en una sencilla ermita a los indios guachichiles, recién sedentarizados, y
a los tlaxcaltecas. Comenzaron con un convento de adobe. Hacia 1730, lo habían reemplazado por otro de calicanto que llegó a ser el monasterio más grande del norte de la Nueva España, y sede de reuniones capitulares. Acudían a él todos los frailes de los Conventos de la Provincia de San Francisco de los Zacatecas.El conjunto arquitectónico que ahora vemos se edificó en tres etapas. De la primera, que corresponde al período barroco (1686-1719), se conservan: la iglesia, la torre horte, el convento y el templo de la Tercera Orden. El interior estuvo adornado con catorce magníficos retablos dorados ya desaparecidos. De la segunda etapa (1728-1731): la Capilla de la Virgen de los Remedios, ahora del Sagrado Corazón, el atrio y la torre sur. De la tercera (1749-1760): la sacristía, la sala De Profundis y la capilla de Aranzazú,

adornadas con vigorosos estípites y grandes pinturas. En el último año de este período, una nueva cúpula sustituyó a la antigua en la iglesia principal. A partir de 1810, el convento se usó como refugio de autoridades o cuartel de facciones en pugna. En 1857, fue incautado por el gobierno. Se derribó la barda atrial y se fundieron las campanas para hacer cañones. Con la apertura de la calle de Galeana, la capilla de Aranzazú perdió su camarín y un tramo de la sacristía y
se vendió la sección sur del monasterio. Junto a la antigua portería se construyó una iglesia presbiteriana. La parte posterior de la sacristía se restituyó a los franciscanos y se alquiló el resto del convento. En 1940, el altar mayor, ya neoclásico, fue sustituido por el actual, neobarroco. Los altares de la nave se redujeron a nichos, y los de los cruceros se hicieron de piedra. Parte del convento se destinó al Museo Regional Potosino en 1952. En ese mismo año, el Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia restauró la capilla de Aranzazú. Texto: Historiadora del Arte. Alicia Cordero HerreraDibujos: Arq. Rafael Morales Bocardo (Reconstrucción hipotetica del monasterio)P. Rafael Montejano y Aguinaga (Planta de la iglesia)English translation:Temple and Ex Convent of San FranciscoFollowing the discovery of the San Pedro Hill

mines in 1592, the town of the San Luis Potosí was founded, complete with several haciendas which served as smelters. Franciscan monks cared for the recently settled Guachilchil Indians and Tlaxcaltecs in a simple chapel. They began with an adobe convent. By about 1730 they had replaced it with another made of masonry, which eventually became the largest monastery in northern New Spain and the seat of chapter meetings. All convent monks from the Zacatecas San Francisco Province would gather here. The architectural cluster we are now looking at was built in three stages. Still remaining from the first stage, which belongs to the Baroque period (1686-1719), are the church, the north tower, the convent and the Third Order temple. The interior was decorated with 14 magnificent, guilded paintings of saints, now missing. From the second (1728-1731) are the Virgen de los Remedios chapel (today the Sacred Heart), the churchyard, and the south tower. From the third (1749-1760) are the sacristy, the De Profundis
room and the Aranzazú Chapel, all adorned with imposing pilasters and large paintings. During the last year of this period, the main church's dome was replaced by a new one. During the independence struggle begun in 1910, the convent was used either by public officals as a place of refuge, or by clashing factions for their barracks. Years later, in 1857, it was confiscated

by the Mexican goverment. The churchyard wall was demolished and its bells melted down to make cannons. Then when Galeana Street was inaugurated, the Aranzazú Chapel lost its jewel room and part of the sacristy, and the south section of the monastery itself was sold. A Presbyterian church was built next to the former caretaker's quarters. The back of the sacristy was returned to the
Franciscans and the rest of the convent, rented. In 1940, the main altar, at that time neoclassic in design, was substituted with the present neobaroque one. Its nave altars were reduced to niches, and new stone trasept altars were built. Part of the convent became the Potosino Regional Museum in 1952. In that very year, the National Institute of Anthropology and History restored the Aranzazú Chapel.English translation of captions:Text: Art Historian Alicia Cordero HerreraImages: Architect Rafael Morales Bocardo (Hypothetical reconstruction of the monastery)P. Rafael Montejano y Aguinaga (Church floor plan)

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HM Number	HM2FRC
Tags	Native Americans, Man Made Features, Colonial Era, Churches and Religion
Placed By	Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH)
Marker Condition	No reports yet
Date Added	Wednesday, April 17th, 2019 at 2:01pm PDT -07:00

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UTM (WGS84 Datum)	14Q E 296091 N 2450683
Decimal Degrees	22.14933333, -100.97725000
Degrees and Decimal Minutes	N 22° 8.96', W 100° 58.635'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds	22° 8' 57.6" N, 100° 58' 38.1" W
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