Piʻi ke kūlanakauhale o Durango i kēia manawa i kahi awāwa ākea kahi i hoʻokumu ʻia ai kahi kūlanakauhale Paniolo kahiko i kapa ʻia ʻo Nombre de Dios.
Ma mua o ke kenekulia 16, ʻo nā mea lanakila mua i hele ma kēlā ʻaoʻao ʻo Cristóbal de Oñate, José Angulo a me Ginés Vázquez del Mercado, ka mea i huki ʻia e ka chimera o ka noho ʻana o kahi mauna kālā nui, ʻoiai ʻo ka mea maoli āna i ʻike ai he Waihona hao kupaianaha, i kēia lā kona inoa. Ma 1562 Don Francisco de Ibarra, ke keiki a kekahi o nā mea hoʻokumu kaulana o Zacatecas, ʻimi i ka ʻāina a hoʻokumu i ka Villa de Guadiana, kokoke i ka noho kahiko o Nombre de Dios e ʻike koke ʻia ʻo Nueva Vizcaya i mea hoʻomanaʻo i ka moku Sepania o no hea mai kona ʻohana. Ma muli o ka paʻakikī o ka ʻāina a me ka pale ʻana i ka heluna kanaka o ke emi ʻana o ka poʻe noho, ua loaʻa iā Ibarra kahi mine i hāʻawi ʻia i nā ʻōiwi a me nā Sepania e makemake ana e hana, me ke ʻano wale nō e noho ai lākou i ke kūlanakauhale.
E like me ka mōʻaukala o nā kūlanakauhale kolone nui, ʻaʻole hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana o Durango mai ke komo ʻana o nā mea he nui. ʻO kekahi o lākou, me Don Francisco de Ibarra, ʻo ia ke kākau ʻōlelo ʻo Don Sebastián de Quiroz, ka mea nāna i huki ka palapala e like me ia, ʻo Ensign Martín de Rentería, ka mea i hāpai i ka hae o ka naʻi aupuni, a me Kāpena Alonso Pacheco, Martín López de Ibarra, Bartolomé o Arreola lāua ʻo Martín de Gamón. Ua alakaʻi ʻo Fray Diego de la Cadena i ka nui o ka hana nui o ke kahua ma kahi i kūlike i kēia lā i ka hale ma ke kihi hikina hema o ke kuʻina o nā alanui 5 de Februariero a me Juárez.
ʻO ke kaona i hoʻokumu ʻia ma nā pāpū ʻole o ka ʻāina, ua kaupalena ʻia e ka Cerro del Mercado i ka ʻākau, ʻo ka Arroyo a ʻo Acequia Grande paha i ka hema, he loko liʻiliʻi ma ke komohana, a ma ka hikina ka hoʻonui ʻia o ke awāwa. ʻO ka hoʻonohonoho mua, kahi "string a square" i ke ʻano o ka chess board, a laila hoʻopili ʻia nā palena i kau ʻia e nā alanui o Negrete i kēia manawa ma ka ʻākau, 5 de Pebreroero ma ka hema, ʻo Francisco I. Madero ma ka hikina a ʻo Constitución ma ke komohana.
Ma ke kenekulia ʻumikūmāhā he ʻehā mau alanui nui ka heluna kanaka e holo ana mai ka hikina a i ke komohana a ʻo ka nui mai ka ʻākau a i ka hema, me 50 mau hoanoho Paniolo. ʻO ka hoʻokumu ʻana o ka Bishopric ma 1620, hāʻawi iā Durango ka ʻokoʻa o ke kūlanakauhale. Hoʻohālikelike ʻia kona hoʻolālā ʻana i kēia lā e kahi hoʻololi patent o nā hale kolone, i ulu e like me nā pae o ka holomua, kahi hiʻohiʻona i waiwai nui i nā hale o 18 a 19 mau kenekulia.
No laila, no ka laʻana, ʻike mākou i kona Hale Pule Nui, aia ma ka square nui, a me ka exponent ʻoi loa o ka hoʻolālā hoʻomana o Durango. Ua hoʻomaka ka hana mua ma lalo o ke kauoha a Bishop García Legazpi ma kahi o ka makahiki 1695, e like me ka papahana a ka mea kākau ʻo Mateo Nuñez. Manaʻo ʻia ua aneane pau ka hana i ka makahiki 1711, ʻoiai i ka 1840 ua hoʻololi ʻia ia ma muli o ka hana hou ʻana i kauoha ʻia e Bishop Zubiría; ʻoiai ua mālama ʻia nā hiʻohiʻona waho loa o ka baroque, akā naʻe, hōʻike nā ʻaoʻao i kahi ʻano churrigueresque maikaʻi loa. Ma loko o nā mea hoʻoliʻiliʻi kūloko, nā mea pono i kālai ʻia i ka lāʻau, kū nā hale hīmeni a me nā kiʻi pena nani i kau inoa ʻia e Juan Correa.
ʻO nā laʻana ʻē aʻe o ka hale hoʻomana haipule ka hale kapu o Guadalupe, kūkulu ʻia e Bishop Tapiz, me kahi puka mele hīmeni hoihoi, ke keʻena kapu o Our Lady of the Angels, kūkulu ʻia i loko o ka pōhaku i kālai ʻia i ka wanaʻao o ka 19 kenekulia, ka Church of the Company, kūkulu ʻia i ka makahiki 1757, ka hale pule o Santa Ana, mai ka hopena o ke kenekulia 18 me ke ʻano baroque kaulike, kūkulu ʻia e Canon Baltasar Colomo lāua ʻo Don Bernardo Joaquín de Mata. ʻIke pū ʻia nō hoʻi ka hale ʻaha o San Agustín, nona ka hana mai ka makahiki 17, a me ka haukapila o San Juan de Dios, kahi e mālama ai i kahi ʻāpana o kāna hale puka Baroque.
E pili ana i ka hoʻolālā kūloko o ke kūlanakauhale, ʻike ʻia nā hale i hoʻolaʻa ʻia i ka noho ʻana ma ke ʻano he papahele hoʻokahi, me nā uhi no nā puka komo nui i haku ʻia e nā pilasters i hana ʻia, a hiki i kekahi manawa i nā kaupaku, kahi e piʻi ai nā mea hoʻonaninani medallions. Hoʻopau ʻia kekahi o nā paia o luna me nā ʻumikū wavy kumu e hoʻomāmā ai i nā paia kaumaha o nā alo.
Minamina no ka holomua o ka hapa nui o kēia mau laʻana i nalowale loa. Eia nō naʻe, he mea kūpono ke haʻi ʻana i ʻelua mau hale aliʻi kolone nani i hoʻomau mau i nā kenekulia: aia ka mea mua ma nā kihi o nā alanui o 5 de Febrero a me Francisco I. Madero, kahi hale hanohano na Don José Soberón del Campo a ʻO Larrea, helu mua o Valle de Súchil. Kūkulu ʻia ka hale i ke kenekulia 18 a ʻo kona helehelena kahi hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi loa o ke kaila Churrigueresque, me kahi alo nani a me kahi pā nani o loko. ʻO ka lua o ka hale no ka 18 kenekulia ia a aia ma Calle 5 de Febrero ma waena o kēlā o Bruno Martínez lāua ʻo Zaragoza. ʻO Don Juan José de Zambrano ka mea nāna ia, kahi ʻona ʻāina waiwai, alderman, ka hae aliʻi a me ka meia maʻamau o ke kūlanakauhale. Aia ka hale i ke kaila Baroque a he falconry kupaianaha kāna, kahi e kūlike me nā pio o ka papahele mua. ʻO ka Hale Keaka ʻo Victoria kaulana kahi ʻāpana o ka pā, i kēia lā i hana hou ʻia, ʻo ia ka hale keaka pilikino o ka ʻohana Zambrano. I kēia manawa ua kūkulu ʻia kēia hale i ka Hale Aliʻi o ke Aupuni.
Ma nā wahi a puni e pono e kipa aku i ke kaona ʻo Nombre de Dios, kahi i kūkulu ʻia ai ka hana mua ʻo Franciscan ma ia wahi, a me Cuencamé, kahi e mālama ai i ka luakini 16 kenekulia i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no Saint Anthony o Padua, me kahi ʻano ala Renaissance a me i loko o nā hale i ke kiʻi kaulana a hanohano o ka Haku o Mapimí.
