ʻO ka noho ʻana o ka Paniolo, i ka hopena o ke kenekulia 16, ma kahi a ke kūlanakauhale ʻo San Luis Potosí e kū nei i kēia manawa, ua pane aku i nā kumu koa, hāʻawi ʻia i ka belligerence i hōʻike ʻia e nā ʻōiwi Guachichil.
Ua pio nā Sepania iā lākou a laila hoʻohui hou iā lākou i ke kūlanakauhale o San Luis e kāohi maikaʻi iā lākou, akā lawe pū lākou me lākou i kahi koa o Tlaxcalans i noho ma Mekiko. Me ka loaʻa o nā mines San Pedro ma 1592 a me ka hopena o ka hoʻouku ʻana, ua kūkākūkā nā mea minia me Juan de Oñate a me nā ʻōiwi e noho ma ka pāpū ʻo San Luis Mexquitic, ma hope o San Luis Minas del Potosí, kahi i hoʻonohonoho ai lākou i ka nā mahiʻai loaʻa kālā a me ko lākou mau home. ʻO ke kūlanakauhale hou, i ʻike ʻia e like me ia i ka waena o ke kenekulia ʻumikūmāhiku, ua loaʻa iā ia ka laina maʻamau o nā noho Sepania i ʻAmelika: ka pahu kaha kaha, me ka square square ma waenakonu a me ka hale pule nui a me nā hale aliʻi ma kona ʻaoʻao. Akā ma muli o ke kūkulu ʻia ʻana o nā hale pule nui a me nā ʻaha kūkā, a me ke kū ʻana o nā ʻāina hoʻouku a me kekahi o nā wai, ka mōhai ʻana o ke kūlanakauhale e mōhai i ka geometric regularity o kona mau alanui, no laila aia lākou i waho o ke kikowaena kikowaena. ʻAʻole pololei a ʻaʻohe like ka laulā, e hāʻawi nei i kahi hiʻohiʻona maoli iā San Luis Potosí.
ʻAʻole like me nā kūlanakauhale ʻē aʻe o ka hoʻouku mining ʻana, e like me Guanajuato a i ʻole Zacatecas, ʻaʻole i hōʻea ka hemahema ma San Luis, akā naʻe, kahi ʻano labyrinthine. E like me nā kūlanakauhale koloneina ʻē aʻe ma Mekiko, ʻo ka pōmaikaʻi o ka mining a me ke kālepa i ka hopena o 17 a me nā kenekulia 18 i alakaʻi i ke kūkulu hou ʻana i nā hale haipule nui, e like me ka luakini a me ka hale konikona o Kapalakiko (kahi e noho nei ka Museo Regional Potosino. ), kahi i hoʻohui ʻia ai ka hale pule ʻo Aranzazú a me ka Luakini o ka Papa ʻEkolu, a me ka hale pule kahiko a me ka hale pule o kēia manawa, kahi i hoʻomau ʻia i ka 19 kenekulia e loaʻa nā hana hoʻonaninani hou, a me ke keʻena kapu o Guadalupe, mai ka hapa hope o ka Kenekulia 18, hana a ka mea kūkulu hale ʻo Felipe Cleere. Eia kekahi mai ka manawa a ma ka mea kākau hoʻokahi ka hale kahiko o nā Pahu Aliʻi, e kū pono ana i ka square.
Mai ka hopena o ke kenekulia a mai ka mea kaulana ʻo Miguel Constanzó (ka mea kākau o ka hale ʻo La Ciudadela ma Mexico City) nā Hale Aliʻi hou, i kēia manawa ka Hale Aliʻi Aupuni. ʻO kahi laʻana maikaʻi o ka hoʻolālā kīwila ka hale o Ensign Manuel de la Gándara. ʻO kekahi o nā luakini koloneiale, ʻo ia ʻo El Carmen, mai ka waena o ke kenekulia 18, e hōʻike ana i kahi helehelena hoihoi i hoʻonani ʻia me nā kolamu Solomonic (spiral) i hoʻopuni ʻia e nā lei lei pōhaku. ʻO kāna mau kuahu gula (koe ka mea nui) kekahi o nā mea i ola i kēia kūlanakauhale i ka loli i ke ʻano, i ka hopena o ke kolone, ua hoʻololi iā lākou me nā neoclassical.
Hāʻawi nā hale kahiko o San Luis i nā laʻana maikaʻi loa o ka hana pōhaku ma kā lākou alo a me nā lānai. ʻO ka secularization holomua o ke ola ma Mekiko i ka hopena o ke au o ka noho kolone a me ka hoʻomaka o ke au kūʻokoʻa, hana i ka hoʻolālā kīwila i mea nui e ulu ana i kēia kūlanakauhale pū kekahi. Ua hana ka mea haku mele kaulana ʻo Francisco E. Tresguerras i ka papahana Theatre ʻo Calderón i nā makahiki he 20 o ke kenekulia 19, ma loko o ka neoclassical kaila o ia mau makahiki. I ka manawa like i kūkulu ʻia ke kolamu o ka square a kūkulu ʻia nā kahawai wai o Cañada del Lobo, me Caja de Agua hanohano, ka hana a Juan Sanabria, ka mea e hōʻike nei iā San Luis Potosí. Ma loko o ka Porfiriato i kūkulu ʻia ai ka hale keaka ʻo La Paz, kahi ʻano kilokilo a me nā mea like o ke kūlanakauhale, ka hana a José Noriega.
