The first New Spain architecture drawings: some maps, plans, and projects of architecture of the 16th century

Abstract

Drawings of buildings that no longer exist arise as faithful chroniclers of history to be recovered. The study of the history of the territory through its architecture and its drawings is possible since they appear as a result of the knowledge and possession of the same. Talk about the architecture of New Spain in the 16th century is talking about an architecture of conquest; the architecture of the Spanish cities, but above all of the military architecture which was the one that appeared from the beginning of the conquest.

Keywords

• nueva españa siglo xvi
• urbanismo
• arquitectura militar
• dibujos de ciudades y arquitectura