ʻO Mérida, kapikala o Yucatán, kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale hōʻailona o ka hema hikina o Mekiko. Mālama mau ke kūlanakauhale i nā mea o ke au viceregal ...
ʻAʻohe mea i koe o Tho e hoʻomanaʻo i ka unuhi Castilian o Mérida, ʻoiai ka poʻe Sepania i kapa ʻia ke kūlanakauhale e mālama nei i nā lole o ka honua Roma. ʻO ka hapa nui o ka viceregal Mérida ua nalowale, ke laki nei e waiho nei i kekahi mau mea koʻikoʻi.
ʻO ka Hale Pule Nui o Lossia (kiʻi: Ignacio Guevara), ʻo ka mea mua loa ma ʻAmelike ʻAmelika, ua hoʻomaka ʻia i ka makahiki 1561 e Pedro de Aulestía a ua hoʻopau ʻia e Miguel de Aguero i ka makahiki 1598. E kiaʻi lili ʻia kāna hale hana i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe Renaissance. ʻO kahi pana nui e holo ana ma nā pā hale e puʻuhonua i ka puka nui, i haku ʻia o nā pailaka paired i kau ʻia e kahi pediment makaʻu a kau ʻia e nā finial i haʻi ʻia. ʻO kahi pale nani mai Sepania mai ia a ke uhi nei ʻo ia i ka aeto emepaea ʻo Mekiko, ʻaʻohe kānalua he mea hoʻonaninani maikaʻi loa ia e ʻokoʻa ana me ka maʻalahi o ka pukaaniani hīmeni.
ʻO ke keʻena nui ʻo Franciscan, ma hope o ke kuʻuna kuʻuna liberal, ua luku ʻia; Ua kūkulu ʻia kēia no ka maka o ke kūlanakauhale Castilian, no laila, he mokuna ʻokoʻa ia i ka moʻolelo o ka hana mikionali; no ke koena, loaʻa nā hana nui a Mérida e like me Las Monjas, me kāna loggia i ka hale kiaʻi, Santiago, Santa Isabel a me San Cristóbal.
