The construction of what was once the Convento de la Compañía de Jesús (Convent of the Society of Jesus) began in 1660 by decree from the Jesuit bishop Marcos Ramírez del Prado. It included the Jesuit college in addition to a church. Following Mexico’s Reform Laws during the mid-19th-century, a majority of the country’s convents became the property of the state. Many were transformed into museums or other public, irreligious institutions. In the case of this former convent, the collegiate building would be transformed into the current cultural center known…
